- 1. New Technologies for Health Promotion Implications for
Clinical PracticeDr. Eric Hekler Assistant Prof, Nutrition &
Health Promotion Arizona State University [email protected] @ehekler
www.designinghealth.org Presentation for University of Arizona
Psychology and Technology: Engaging your Clients Workshop
Flickr-RansomTech
2. Health is complexIndividual characteristics Over the lifespan
3. Digital technologies arePervasive Interconnected Driven by
algorithmsFlickr Stuck in Customs 4. Outline Digital Technologies
What has changed? What does this mean for evidence-based practice?
Where are these technologies going? 5. Outline Digital Technologies
What has changed? What does this mean for evidence-based practice?
Where are these technologies going? 6. Cell phones are pervasive,
personal, and powerfulFlickr lestaylorphoto 7. The digital cloud/
internet of things has come! 8. The digital cloud/ internet of
things has come! 9. The digital cloud/ internet of things has come!
10. Passive Sensing Matthew BumanActivity/Sleep
ValidationGeotaggingMatt Buman, ASU; Max Utter, JawboneDavid Mohr,
Northwestern 11. We are digitally connectedFlickr tychay 12.
Improving Online Support GroupsDavid McDonaldErika Poole 13. The
process of creation is changing Expert-sourced Crowd-sourcedo
Content generated by expertso Content generated by crowdo
Information evaluated by expertso Information evaluated by crowdo
Rigorous but slowo Fast but inaccurate?o www.britannica.como
www.wikipedia.org Flickr miyagisan 14. Quantified Self 15. A DIY
Self-Experimentation Toolkit for Behavior ChangeWin BurlesonEric
Hekler Winslow Burleson Jisoo Lee Arizona State University Bob
Evans Google 16. Algorithm=useful data-driven insightFlickr Aray
Chen 17. 2024 2014 18. What you need to know How our interventions
work is changing Other ways to provide interventions
Multi-level/multi-component interventions Psychologists role is
going to change Stepped care approach? Sense-maker of the data
deluge? Evidence-based definition is changing New methods for
knowing what works New focus on algorithms 19. Outline Digital
Technologies What has changed? What does this mean for
evidence-based practice? Where are these technologies going? 20.
500,000th App Accepted on App Store20052006Conceive of a study
Gather Pilot Data2007Submit Grant20082009201020112012Conduct the
studyReceive FundingSubmit publications for review Flickr Metrix X
21. MILES Study Develop theoretically meaningful smartphone apps
for midlife & older adultsPhysical activity &
behaviorsedentary Passively assess PA & SB Feedback for
behavior changeAbby King 22. Componentsstudy arms mConnec mTrack
mSmiles t Calorific Push component X X X X Pull component X X X X
"Glance-able" display X X X X Passive activity assessment X X X X
Real-time feedback X X X X Self-monitoring X X X X Help tab X X X X
Goal-setting X X Feedback about goals X X Problem-solving X X
Reinforcement X X X Variable reinforcement schedule X X Attachment
X "Play" X "Jack pot" random reinforcement X Hekler et al. 2011,
Personal Informatics Workshop at CHI Design paper Social norm
comparison X King, Hekler, et al. 2013 PLoS One, King, Hekler, et
al. Manuscript in Preparation 23. min/week of activity at study
completionPhysical Activity - 8wk Results300 250 200 150Brisk
walking (min/week)100 50MVPA (min/week)0 AnalyticSocial Smartphone
AppsAffect Paired t [60] = 5.3, p