Main description:

This is the first book to provide a comprehensive overview of the social and technological context from which eHealth applications have arisen, the psychological principles on which they are based, and the key development and evaluation issues relevant to their successful intervention.

Integrating how eHealth applications can be used for both mental and physical health issues, it presents a complete guide to what eHealth means in theory, as well as how it can be used in practice. Inspired by the principles and structure of the CeHRes Roadmap, a multidisciplinary framework that combines and uses aspects from approaches such as human-centred design, persuasive technology and business modelling, the book first examines the theoretical foundations of eHealth and then assesses its practical application and assessment.

Including case studies, a glossary of key terms, and end of chapter summaries, this ground-breaking book provides a holistic overview of one of the most important recent developments in healthcare. It will be essential reading for students, researchers and professionals across the fields of health psychology, public health and design technology.

Contents:

Preface

Chapter 1 - Introducing eHealth

Chapter 2 - Psychological Principles and Health Behaviour Change: Applications to eHealth

Chapter 3 - Opportunities of technology to promote health and wellbeing

Chapter 4 - Healthcare as a Complex Adaptive System

Chapter 5 - Mental Health and eHealth Technology

Chapter 6 - Public Health, Behavioural Medicine, and eHealth Technology

Chapter 7 - Holistic Development of eHealth Technology

Chapter 8 - The contextual inquiry

Chapter 9 - Value proposition design and business modelling

Chapter 10 - Human Centred Design

Chapter 11 - Persuasive health technology

Chapter 12 - The complexity of eHealth Implementation: A theoretical and practical perspective

Chapter 13 - User Engagement

Chapter 14 - Evaluating eHealth

Acknowledgements

Glossary