Abstract
Background: Smartphones have reached levels of popularity and penetration where they are now suitable for use in population health interventions. A key feature of smartphones is push notification or in app messaging service, which can be used to alert users to messages or instructions pertaining to an installed app. Little evidence exists as to the persuasive power of these messages.
Method: We conducted a 24 week live user evaluation of a behaviour based mobile app for a meal replacement program, using smartphone push notifications, to understand the role of push notifications in persuading users to engage with self-monitoring tasks.
Results: Tasks and Push notifications appear to have affected the times at which users TBC
Conclusions: Push Notifications and user tasks are appropriate mechanisms to engage users with mobile technology in the short term.
Method: We conducted a 24 week live user evaluation of a behaviour based mobile app for a meal replacement program, using smartphone push notifications, to understand the role of push notifications in persuading users to engage with self-monitoring tasks.
Results: Tasks and Push notifications appear to have affected the times at which users TBC
Conclusions: Push Notifications and user tasks are appropriate mechanisms to engage users with mobile technology in the short term.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 833-845 |
| Number of pages | 13 |
| Journal | International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue number | 10 |
| Early online date | 16 Mar 2017 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Oct 2017 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
An online-first duplicate of this publication has been removed from the journal. Notice of duplicate publication can be found at doi: 10.1080/10447318.2024.2403868Keywords
- behaviour change
- persuasion
- weight management
- health
- mobile
- push notification