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Opportunities and Challenges of Internet-Based Health Interventions in the Future Internet.
  Internet-based health interventions are behavioral treatments aim at changing behaviors to promote healthy living and prevent diseases and illness. This paper first discusses the benefits and effectiveness of Internet-based health interventions. It continues to explore the opportunities and challenges of Internet-based health interventions made possible by the Future Internet and emerging technologies. Identifying the psychological and social barriers can help to improve the delivery of healthcare interventions in a number of ways, including assuring privacy and security, building trust and promoting equal access. Addressing these barriers can ultimately lead to greater acceptance of new technologies and improved health outcomes.

  • Date:

    31 December 2015

  • Publication Status:

    Published

  • DOI:

    10.1109/ITNG.2015.95

  • Library of Congress:

    QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science

  • Dewey Decimal Classification:

    004 Data processing & computer science

Citation

Lim Jumelle, A. K., & Thuemmler, C. (2015). Opportunities and Challenges of Internet-Based Health Interventions in the Future Internet. In 2015 12th International Conference on Information Technology - New Generations (567-573). https://doi.org/10.1109/ITNG.2015.95

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Keywords

Future Internet; Internet of Everything; Internet of Things; Internet-based health interventions; Psychological and Social Barriers; eHealth;

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