mHealth: Definition, Advantages, and Tools, Quizzes of Communication

Download mHealth: Definition, Advantages, and Tools and more Quizzes Communication in PDF only on Docsity! TERM 1 mHealth DEFINITION 1 Diverse application of wireless and mobile technologies designed to improve health care services and health outcomes. TERM 2 What does mHealth include? DEFINITION 2 Any wireless devices carried by a person that is transmitting health information.Includes:Sensors (implantable miniature sensors)Monitors (wireless blook pressure monitors)Mobile phones TERM 3 Leveraging the use of Wireless DEFINITION 3 use: 96%Leap-frogged other countries in wired infrastructure by 41-90% TERM 4 5 Advantages of mHealth DEFINITION 4 1.) Portable: point-of-care diagnostics.2.) Scalable: Economical to scale.3.) Richer data input: Continuous data sampling.4.) Personal: patient can receive and input info.5.) Real-time: data collection and feedback is in real-time using automated analyses and responses. TERM 5 Mobile Health Trends 2015 DEFINITION 5 Telemedicine.Wearables and sensors.Prescription-only apps.Apple HealthKit and Google Fit.Big Data Health Prediction.Take care of the elderly TERM 6 Telemedicine DEFINITION 6 Allow people to communicate with nurses, doctors, and specialists from home or the office. TERM 7 Wearables and sensors. DEFINITION 7 Smart watches, fitness trackers.Specialized wearables and sensors. TERM 8 Apple HealthKit and Google Fit DEFINITION 8 Monitors patients with chronic diseases.Allow for intervention before relapse. TERM 9 Big Data Health Prediction DEFINITION 9 Anonymous and aggregated mobile phone data can be used to combat the spread of infectious diseases. TERM 10 mHealth tools DEFINITION 10 Measurement.DiagnosticTreatmentGlobal TERM 21 Actors/Nodes DEFINITION 21 Humans:people, subgroups, organizations, collectives/aggregates, communities and nation-states. TERM 22 Examples of Relations DEFINITION 22 1.) Evaluating of one person by another.2.) Transfers of material resources.3.) Association or affiliation4.) Behavioral interaction.5.) Physical connection.6.) Formal relations. TERM 23 Assumptions on why social networks are important in behavioral change DEFINITION 23 Individuals are interdependent.Are under the influence of others opinions.Social relationships matter in determining individual behavior. TERM 24 Theory: Diffusion of innovation DEFINITION 24 Looks at:Who are the change agents?Who are opinion leaders.Who are influential people in a social network? TERM 25 Characterization of Network DEFINITION 25 Location of individuals in network.Relation characteristicsNetwork as a whole. TERM 26 One way to identify opinion leaders DEFINITION 26 Focus on Actor's locationCentrality: degree to which an actor is at the center of a number of connections with many other contact points.High centrality = youre a star TERM 27 Another way to identify opinion leaders DEFINITION 27 Focus on Actor's location:Closeness: degree to which an actor can easily reach other actors in the network. TERM 28 1 step vs 2 step links DEFINITION 28 1-step: actor is directly connected to another actor.2 step: actor isn't directly connected to other actor but can reach that actor through another actor which they are connected too. TERM 29 Network Density definition DEFINITION 29 How many links exist between actors in the network relative to the sum of possible links there are for that # of actors. TERM 30 Sparse Networks DEFINITION 30 Have a low ratio of links, whereas dense networks have a high ratio of links. TERM 31 T/F social influence is stronger in a denser network DEFINITION 31 TRUE TERM 32 Mission of New York Alliance for Donation DEFINITION 32 To increase organ, eye and tissue donation through collaborative advocacy, education and promotion. TERM 33 Background of New York Alliance for donation DEFINITION 33 The need for organ donations far exceeds what is being taken in. TERM 34 Peer to peer texting DEFINITION 34 Mobile phone intervention to increase the reach of behavioral prevention interventions by having participants communicate with via texting.Identify and train peer distributors of target population. TERM 35 Peer to peer texting Experiment DEFINITION 35 Interview high risk population.Name their cell phone contacts.Identify central or influential individuals and train them as peer distributors.RESULTS IN HIGH ACCEPTANCE OF MESSAGES AND A LARGER REACH OF THE MESSAGE THAN EMPLOYING PUBLIC SOCIAL WORKERS. TERM 46 Culture matters for health care because.. DEFINITION 46 It is associate with health disparities.It affects individual beliefs and values on health care. TERM 47 Culture sensitive approach DEFINITION 47 Focuses on culturally appropriate health education by tailoring messages to cultural characteristics of audience. TERM 48 Culture sensitive approach rationales DEFINITION 48 Form messages or training programs that respond to cultural needs of communities. TERM 49 4 culturally sensitive intervention techniques DEFINITION 49 Define health objectives clearly.Identify relevant cultural characteristics.Develop health message tailored ot the characteristics of the culture. - (source, content, delivery)Evaluate the intervention based on the health objectives. TERM 50 Source credibility leads to greater message buy-in T/F DEFINITION 50 TRUE!!! TERM 51 Source similarity --> DEFINITION 51 Leads to trust.Similar race and ethnicity, more trust. TERM 52 Approaches commonly used to achieve cultural appropriateness DEFINITION 52 PeripheralEvidentialLinguisticSociocultural TERM 53 Peripheral DEFINITION 53 Packing its contents in ways likely to appeal to a specific audience.Ex. living with healthy breasts. Using culturally relevant colors and symbols during education sessions. TERM 54 Evidential DEFINITION 54 Presenting evidence of the impact of a health issue on group members.Ex. living with health breasts. Begin w tips related to breast health, then gradually moving to incidence of breast cancer. TERM 55 Linguistic DEFINITION 55 Creating health interventions in different languages or translating existing infoEx. living w healthy breasts. Presenting all info in chinese. & using third person statements. TERM 56 Sociocultural DEFINITION 56 Incorporating cultural values, belies, and behaviors in health messages. `Ex. living w healthy breasts. Applying the principle of karma. TERM 57 Delivery of messages in entertainment DEFINITION 57 Sometimes don't have access to media.Technology compatibility with existing beliefs and values. TERM 58 Mediated Communication DEFINITION 58 Message design theories, persuasion, media psychology.Entertainment education, gaming for health. TERM 59 Dichotomy in the communication field DEFINITION 59 Mediated communicationHuman communicationIntegration of both perspectives. TERM 60 Integration of both mediated communication and human communication DEFINITION 60 Community-based participatory interventionsSocial network interventions.Technology based interventions; computer mediated communication and message delivery