Current and Emerging mHealth Technologies

The promise and prospects for mobile technologies in healthcare service delivery-particularly as experienced by patients and other users-are the focus of this forward-looking volume. Its detailed sociotechnical perspective takes in factors influencing patient and provider adoption of technological advances, in addition to the well-known cost and accessibility advantages. Enlightening reports show mobile health technologies in multiple contexts as an impetus for behavioral change, a means of monitoring health changes, a growing trend in service delivery, and an emerging health frontier worldwide. Together, these chapters point to the continued expansion-and global reach-of mobile technology in the next stage of healthcare services. Included in the coverage:Behavior change techniques used in mobile applications targeting physical activity: a systematic review
Mobile health integration in pregnancy
Unintended users, uses, and consequences of mobile weight loss apps: using eating disorders as a case study
Intention vs. perception: understanding the differences in physicians- attitudes towards mobile health applications
HealthGuide: a personalized mobile patient guidance system
Adoption of sensors in mobile health
Current and Emerging mHealth Technologies is salient reading for researchers interested in mobile health development and implementation as well as technology adoption, and mobile health system developers and managers who are interested in the implications of mobile health use by patients and/or healthcare professionals. It can also be used for courses in technology adoption and health technologies.

Emre Sezgin, PhD, is a postdoctoral research fellow in the Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, USA. Soner Yildirim, PhD, is professor in the Department of Computer Education and Instructional Technology at Middle East Technical University in Çankaya, Ankara, Turkey. Dr. Yildirim also is an ICT consultant at Google Turkey. Sevgi Özkan-Yildirim, PhD, is associate professor in the Department of Information Systems at Middle East Technical University in Çankaya, Ankara, Turkey. Dr. Özkan-Yildirim also is visiting research fellow at Brunel Business School in England. Evren Sumuer, PhD, is assistant professor in the Department of Computer Education and Instructional Technology at Kocaeli University in Kocaeli, Turkey.

Part I - Behavioral Change in mHealth.- Use of Persuasion Strategies in Mobile Health Applications.- Behavior Change Techniques Used in Mobile Applications Targeting Physical Activity: A Systematic Review.- Exploring Intention on Continuous Use of Mobile Health Applications Designed by Persuasive Technology: "Ad-msayar" Case Study.- Part II - Monitoring and tracking with mHealth.- Mobile Health Integration in Pregnancy.- Utilizing M-Health Applications in Emergency Medical Services of Turkey.- User Adoption and Evaluation of Mobile Health Applications: The Case for Physical Activity Monitoring.- Unintended Users, Uses, and Consequences of Mobile Weight Loss Apps: Using Eating Disorders as a Case Study.- Part III - mHealth use and adoption in healthcare delivery.- Understanding Cross-Cultural Requirements in m-Health Design: Findings of a Usability Study of Indian Health Professionals.- Intention vs. Perception: Understanding the Differences in Physi-cians' Attitudes towards MobileHealth Applications.- HealthGuide: A Personalized Mobile Patient Guidance System.- Mobile Applications User Trend Analysis of Turkish Physicians in Digital Environments.- Acceptance of Mobile Homecare Technologies: An Empirical Investigation on Patients with Chronic Diseases.- Part IV - Global perspectives and issues with mHealth.- Improving Access to Health Services in Sub- Saharan Africa Using Mobile and Wireless Technologies.- Big Data in mHealth.- Adoption of Sensors in Mobile Health.- Adoption of Internet of Things in Healthcare Organizations.