Published on in Vol 24, No 10 (2022): October

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Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/39243, first published .
Conversational Agents in Health Care: Scoping Review of Their Behavior Change Techniques and Underpinning Theory

Conversational Agents in Health Care: Scoping Review of Their Behavior Change Techniques and Underpinning Theory

Conversational Agents in Health Care: Scoping Review of Their Behavior Change Techniques and Underpinning Theory

Laura Martinengo   1 , MD, PhD ;   Ahmad Ishqi Jabir   1 , MSc ;   Westin Wei Tin Goh   1 , MBBS ;   Nicholas Yong Wai Lo   1 , MBBS ;   Moon-Ho Ringo Ho   2 , PhD ;   Tobias Kowatsch   3, 4, 5, 6 , PhD ;   Rifat Atun   7, 8, 9, 10 , MBBS, MBA, DIC ;   Susan Michie   11 , BA, MPhil, DPhil ;   Lorainne Tudor Car   1, 12 , MD, PhD

1 Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University Singapore, Singapore, Singapore

2 School of Social Sciences, Nanyang Technological University Singapore, Singapore, Singapore

3 Institute for Implementation Science in Health Care, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

4 School of Medicine, University of St.Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland

5 Centre for Digital Health Interventions, Department of Management, Technology, and Economics, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

6 Future Health Technologies Programme, Campus for Research Excellence and Technological Enterprise, Singapore-ETH Centre, Singapore, Singapore

7 Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, United States

8 Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, United States

9 Health Systems Innovation Lab, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, United States

10 Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, United States

11 UCL Centre for Behaviour Change, University College London, London, United Kingdom

12 Department of Primary Care and Public Health, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

Corresponding Author:

  • Lorainne Tudor Car, MD, PhD
  • Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine
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