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Abby C King1, Karen Glanz2, Kevin Patrick3
1Department of Health Research & Policy and Stanford Prevention Research Center, Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California.
American Journal of Preventive Medicine
|April 21, 2015
Summary
New technologies can assess and change environments to improve health behaviors like physical activity and diet. Experts identified key areas for advancing behavioral health technologies for individual and population-level impact.
Area of Science:
- Environmental Health
- Behavioral Science
- Health Technology
Background:
- Technological advancements offer new ways to assess and modify environments for health.
- Focus on built and social environments impacting physical activity and dietary behaviors.
Purpose of the Study:
- Highlight transformative technology trends for environmental assessment and intervention.
- Address technology's role in health behavior modification, particularly for obesity prevention.
Main Methods:
- Expert consensus meeting in 2013 to discuss technology in built environment assessment and health behavior change.
- Experts presented on assigned domains with specific application examples.
- Literature review to identify key technological tools and innovations.
Main Results:
- Technologies can impact health behaviors at individual ('me') and group/population ('we') levels.
- 'Me' domain focuses on individual behaviors and immediate environments.
- 'We' domain utilizes aggregated data for broader population insights.
Conclusions:
- Advancing the field requires progress in data collection and expansion.
- Addressing technological challenges and considerations is crucial.
- Cross-sector collaboration is key to maximizing the population impact of behavioral health technologies.
