Digital behaviour change interventions employ mobile applications, web portals, wearable sensors and artificial intelligence to promote healthier lifestyles, self-management of chronic conditions and ...

Online social networks are becoming an increasingly prevalent strategy for public health and other stakeholders to cut down unhealthy behaviors. Whether they’re built for a mainstream audience or to ...

Behavioral interventions for physical activity promotion encompass a range of strategies designed to influence individual and group behaviour towards sustained increases in movement. Grounded in ...

In a large group of frequent drinkers who used a digital application offering tailored text-based support for reducing their alcohol intake, weekly drink amounts fell by 1/3 over 12 weeks. The study ...

Consumers have never had more access to health information. Wearables, such as fitness trackers, smartwatches, and smart rings can track sleep, heart rate, and activity with increasing sophistication.

Older adults with long-term benzodiazepine receptor agonist use and insomnia diagnosis had significant improvements in sleep outcomes. (HealthDay News) — A mailed knowledge mobilization and behavior ...

Decades of investigating the phenomenon of suicide within the frame of medical research have not reduced suicide in the world. I believe that understanding suicide as a medical pathology is a ...

Pandemics, global warming, and rampant gun violence are all clear lessons in the need to move large groups of people to change their behavior. When a crisis hits, researchers, policymakers, health ...

Introduction Media and digital technologies shape adolescent development across interconnected online and offline contexts, offering opportunities for learning and connection while also exposing young ...

Over the course of four sessions, my patient, Stacey, and I worked toward her goals of sleeping more, checking her email less and spending more quality time with her family. She successfully developed ...