This volume delves into the use of interactive communication applications to promote health behavior change. Providing a timely and comprehensive review of current tools for health communication, eHealth Applications is a must-read for scholars, students and researchers in health communication, public health, and health education.

ForewordHistorical and Conceptual Foundations1. eHealth applications: An Introduction and Overview2. The Emergence of eHealth Applications3. Interactivity: Conceptualizations, Effects, and ImplicationseHealth Applications4. Internet-Based Interventions For Health Behavior Change5. Virtual Interactive Interventions For Reducing Risky Sex: Adaptations, Integrations, Innovations6. Avatars For Health Behavior Change7. Digital Games For Health Behavior Change: Research, Design, And Future Directions8. Computer-Tailored Interventions For Improving Health Behaviors9. Mobile Phones For Health Communication To Promote Behavior Change10. Text Messaging Interventions For Chronic Disease Management And Health Promotion11. Interactive Voice Response Technology For Chronic Disease Management Practice Implications and Future Directions12. Using Social Media To Enhance Health Communication Campaigns13. Dissemination And Implementation Of ehealth Interventions14. Health Information Technology Policy Issues: Relevance And Implications For ehealth Applications15. Building An Evidence Base For ehealth Applications: Research Questions And Practice Implications