Informatics Final- Week 13 Flashcards
What is shown in readability statistics?
Flesch Reading Score and Flesh-Kincaid Grade Level
What is interactivity?
Degree of response, activity, or initiative available to the user when using a website
How do we add interactivity?
Hyperlinks, video, ask-the-expert, discussion boards, automate email information, text messages, games, quizzes, tailored feedback, tracking
What are widgets?
stand-alone application that can be embedded into another site
What has meta-analyis shown about intervention effects?
- Small effects: tailored feedback, enriched enviro, peer-peer contact, adding email
- Small-medium effects: for access to expert, adding to telephone contact
- Large effects: for adding text messages to an online intervention (*important)
What are techniques for user input?
Past research, interviews, focus groups, surveys, card sorting, usability studies, process and outcome evaluation
What is card sorting for?
Build architecture and ID preferences
What user input is necessary to know for formative evaluation?
What the problem is, barriers, interest in behavior change, potential for using website or app, thoughts on design and apple, able to find what you need
What is process evaluation?
Examination of the implementation and utilization of the program (establishes validity of outcome testing)
What process evaluation can you use for an online program?
Amount of time on program, # of logins, logins over time, effectives of cues to engage, user satisfaction
What is outcome evaluation?
Examination of the effect of the program (changes in knowledge, attitude, behavior, health outcomes)
What is Health 2.0?
Movement characterized by online interactivity, empowerment, personalization, participation, and collaboration;
‘Collective wisdom’
What is the implication of Health 2.o?
experts are no longer the gate-keepers to information; conversation is participatory and two-way
What is social media?
Group of internet-based applications that allow users to generate content
What are the types of social media?
Social networking, blogs/microblogs, media-sharing, forums/listservs, social book-marking
What is social networking?
Websites that allow users to set up connections with users
What is social networking used for?
information sharing, discussion, create presence for your organization
What is PatientsLikeMe?
Online group for people looking for information from other people with the same health problems
Explain blogs/microblogs
Essentially online diary, microblogs (e.g. twitter) limit characters, used for education/information sharing, generate discussion
What are media-sharing tools?
Allow users to upload video or photos, e.g., youtube; used for information sharing and interaction (contests)
What are the pros of social media?
Can get credible info to public & increase awareness, inexpensive, immediate, personal/targeted
What are the cons of social media?
Limited control, possible misuse, difficult to measure impact
What is m-Health?
delivery of health programs and information via mobile devices
What are the uses for text messaging/SMS?
appointment reminders, education, behavior modification, medication/refill reminders, emergency notifications
What are the applications for m-Health in developing countries?
- Link people to providers, family members to share health info
- Emergency response
- Medication compliance
- Data collection and tracking
- Hotlines and call centers for medical info
- Health promotion
What are the purposes for smartphones apps?
Information, behavior change, disease management
What is quantified self-movement?
Collaboration of users and makers of self-tracking technology
What are the limitations of mobile technology for health?
Cost, difficulty inputting info, small screen size, security, interopability, lack of evidence of effectiveness
