BACKGROUND: Developers of Interactive Health Communication (IHC) are capable of providing great benefit by creating interactive programs that serve to protect and improve health. Conducting proper evaluation of these programs will ensure that they achieve these goals more successfully. CONCLUSIONS: This article seeks to inform developers of IHC about which types of evaluation are most important to include as a part of the development process and to examine the ways in which such evaluation can be implemented to benefit the producers--and ultimately, the consumers--of IHC.
BACKGROUND: Developers of Interactive Health Communication (IHC) are capable of providing great benefit by creating interactive programs that serve to protect and improve health. Conducting proper evaluation of these programs will ensure that they achieve these goals more successfully. CONCLUSIONS: This article seeks to inform developers of IHC about which types of evaluation are most important to include as a part of the development process and to examine the ways in which such evaluation can be implemented to benefit the producers--and ultimately, the consumers--of IHC.
Authors: Kuang-Yi Wen; David H Gustafson; Robert P Hawkins; Patricia F Brennan; Susan Dinauer; Pauley R Johnson; Tracy Siegler Journal: J Am Med Inform Assoc Date: 2010 Nov-Dec Impact factor: 4.497
Authors: Jeannette Milgrom; Brian G Danaher; Alan W Gemmill; Charlene Holt; Christopher J Holt; John R Seeley; Milagra S Tyler; Jessica Ross; Jennifer Ericksen Journal: J Med Internet Res Date: 2016-03-07 Impact factor: 5.428