%0 Journal Article
%@ 1438-8871
%I JMIR Publications
%V 18
%N 12
%P e317
%T IDEAS (Integrate, Design, Assess, and Share): A Framework and Toolkit of Strategies for the Development of More Effective Digital Interventions to Change Health Behavior
%A Mummah,Sarah Ann
%A Robinson,Thomas N
%A King,Abby C
%A Gardner,Christopher D
%A Sutton,Stephen
%+ Stanford Prevention Research Center, Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, 1265 Welch Road, Stanford, CA, 94305-5411, United States, 1 650 723 7822, sm885@cam.ac.uk
%K health behavior
%K design thinking
%K user-centered design
%K behavioral theory
%K behavior change techniques
%K digital interventions
%K mobile phones
%K digital health
%K telemedicine
%K diet
%K exercise
%K weight loss
%K smoking cessation
%K medication adherence
%K sleep
%K obesity
%D 2016
%7 16.12.2016
%9 Viewpoint
%J J Med Internet Res
%G English
%X Developing effective digital interventions to change health behavior has been a challenging goal for academics and industry players alike. Guiding intervention design using the best combination of approaches available is necessary if effective technologies are to be developed. Behavioral theory, design thinking, user-centered design, rigorous evaluation, and dissemination each have widely acknowledged merits in their application to digital health interventions. This paper introduces IDEAS, a step-by-step process for integrating these approaches to guide the development and evaluation of more effective digital interventions. IDEAS is comprised of 10 phases (empathize, specify, ground, ideate, prototype, gather, build, pilot, evaluate, and share), grouped into 4 overarching stages: Integrate, Design, Assess, and Share (IDEAS). Each of these phases is described and a summary of theory-based behavioral strategies that may inform intervention design is provided. The IDEAS framework strives to provide sufficient detail without being overly prescriptive so that it may be useful and readily applied by both investigators and industry partners in the development of their own mHealth, eHealth, and other digital health behavior change interventions.
%M 27986647
%R 10.2196/jmir.5927
%U http://www.jmir.org/2016/12/e317/
%U https://doi.org/10.2196/jmir.5927
%U http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27986647