Title: mHealth for behaviour change: role of a smartphone-based multi-intervention service for hypertension and diabetes in Bangladesh

Authors: Koel Ghorai; Shamshad Jahan; Pradeep Ray; Mathew Chylinski

Addresses: School of Information Systems, Technology and Management (SISTM), Australian School of Business (ASB), University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052 Australia ' School of Information Systems, Technology and Management (SISTM), Australian School of Business (ASB), University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052 Australia ' School of Information Systems, Technology and Management (SISTM), Australian School of Business (ASB), University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052 Australia ' Australian School of Business (ASB), University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052 Australia

Abstract: This paper discusses mobile-based interventions for management of non-communicable diseases such as hypertension and Type 2 diabetes. It builds upon the Persuasive System Design (PSD) model for developing mobile-based multi-intervention services for the prevention and management of the above-mentioned diseases, especially in developing countries such as Bangladesh. Identified gaps include lack of studies on system framework or design component for behaviour change services; no studies on smartphone based multi-intervention services for behaviour change; no user acceptance studies on smartphone services for management. This paper uses (a) Hevner's model for identifying gaps in the existing literature and developing a framework to address some of the gaps (b) the PSD model and social cognitive theory for developing the framework and content for behaviour change service to manage hypertension and Type 2 diabetes respectively. This paper has potential design implications for a broader research in mobile-based PSD and multi-intervention service for future developments.

Keywords: hypertension; Type 2 diabetes; m-health; mobile healthcare; mobile intervention; PSD; persuasive systems design; Bangladesh; behaviour change; smartphones; disease management; non-communicable diseases; social cognitive theory.

DOI: 10.1504/IJBET.2014.065655

International Journal of Biomedical Engineering and Technology, 2014 Vol.16 No.2, pp.135 - 155

Received: 01 Feb 2014
Accepted: 23 Jun 2014
Published online: 25 Apr 2015 *

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