@article{7ced7e94aa9a472c96cd44439b1dbb34,
title = "Advancing the science of mHealth",
abstract = "Mobile health (mHealth) technologies have the potential to greatly impact health research, health care, and health outcomes, but the exponential growth of the technology has outpaced the science. This article outlines two initiatives designed to enhance the science of mHealth. The mHealth Evidence Workshop used an expert panel to identify optimal methodological approaches for mHealth research. The NIH mHealth Training Institutes address the silos among the many academic and technology areas in mHealth research and is an effort to build the interdisciplinary research capacity of the field. Both address the growing need for high quality mobile health research both in the United States and internationally. mHealth requires a solid, interdisciplinary scientific approach that pairs the rapid change associated with technological progress with a rigorous evaluation approach. The mHealth Evidence Workshop and the NIH mHealth Training Institutes were both designed to address and further develop this scientific approach to mHealth.",
author = "Wendy Nilsen and Santosh Kumar and Albert Shar and Carrie Varoquiers and Tisha Wiley and Riley, {William T.} and Misha Pavel and Atienza, {Audie A.}",
note = "Funding Information: The development of mHealth technologies has not gone unnoticed by the federal research funding bodies, such as the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the National Science Foundation (NSF), as well as private foundations, such as Robert Wood Johnson and McKesson. This article highlights two recent initiatives—the mHealth Evidence Workshop and the NIH mHealth Training Institute—designed to overcome of some unique challenges and support the development of a robust mHealth science. Funding Information: On August 16, 2011, researchers from the domestic and international community, policymakers, health professionals, technologists, and representatives from regulatory and funding agencies gathered for the invited mHealth Evidence Workshop (http:// obssr.od.nih.gov/scientific_areas/methodology/mhealth/mhealth-workshop.aspx) at the National Institutes of Health. The goal of the meeting was to discuss and identify more effective methods to generate evidence of efficacy and effectiveness for the unique emerging science of mobile health (mHealth). The meeting was sponsored by the Pioneer Portfolio of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation; the McKesson Foundation; the Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research and the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute at the NIH; and the National Science Foundation. Much of the discussion at this meeting focused on mobile phone-based research, reflecting the rapid growth in tools and applications for health that now utilize mobile phones (Fox, 2010). However, participants acknowledged the importance of other mobile technologies, such as physiological, environmental or behavioral monitors, global positioning systems and sensors to be included in the definition of mHealth.",
year = "2012",
month = may,
day = "2",
doi = "10.1080/10810730.2012.677394",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "17",
pages = "5--10",
journal = "Journal of Health Communication",
issn = "1081-0730",
publisher = "Taylor and Francis Ltd.",
number = "SUPPL. 1",
}