A Framework for Applying Natural Language Processing in Digital Health Interventions

Burkhardt Funk   ^{1 *} , PhD ;   Shiri Sadeh-Sharvit   ^{2, 3 *} , PhD ;   Ellen E Fitzsimmons-Craft   ⁴ , PhD ;   Mickey Todd Trockel   ³ , PhD ;   Grace E Monterubio   ⁴ , MA ;   Neha J Goel   ^{2, 3} , MA ;   Katherine N Balantekin   ^{4, 5} , PhD ;   Dawn M Eichen   ^{4, 6} , PhD ;   Rachael E Flatt   ^{2, 3, 7} , BSc ;   Marie-Laure Firebaugh   ⁴ , LMSW ;   Corinna Jacobi   ⁸ , PhD ;   Andrea K Graham   ⁹ , PhD ;   Mark Hoogendoorn   ¹⁰ , PhD ;   Denise E Wilfley   ⁴ , PhD ;   C Barr Taylor   ^{2, 3} , MD

¹ Leuphana University, Institute of Information Systems, Lueneburg, Germany

² Palo Alto University, Center for m2Health, Palo Alto, CA, United States

³ Stanford University, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford, CA, United States

⁴ Washington University in St Louis, Department of Psychiatry, St Louis, MO, United States

⁵ University at Buffalo, Department of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Buffalo, NY, United States

⁶ University of California San Diego, Department of Pediatrics, San Diego, CA, United States

⁷ University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Department of Psychology and Neurosciences, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

⁸ Technische Universität, Institute of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Dresden, Germany

⁹ Northwestern University, Department of Medical Social Sciences, Chicago, IL, United States

¹⁰ Vrije Universiteit, Department of Computer Science, Amsterdam, Netherlands

*these authors contributed equally