College Students' Value Structure of Choosing and Using Mobile Health/Wellness Applications: Preliminary Findings

Choi, Wonchan; Stvilia, Besiki

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Title

College Students' Value Structure of Choosing and Using Mobile Health/Wellness Applications: Preliminary Findings

Author(s)

• Choi, Wonchan
• Stvilia, Besiki

Issue Date

2014-03-01

Keyword(s)

• mobile applications
• apps
• quality
• wellness
• health

Abstract

This work-in-progress poster reports on the preliminary findings regarding college students' value structure of how to choose and utilize mobile health/wellness applications. We have conducted surveys and follow-up interviews with college students who have been using mobile health/wellness applications. In this poster, we analyzed the survey data from sixteen participants and the interview data from five participants (three females and two males). The analysis showed that the most important purposes of using mobile health/wellness applications for college students were recording and managing personal health information/records and keeping up with their fitness plans. For selection criteria, easy to navigate, easy to use, quality of content, customizability, and ratings from other users seemed to play the most important role in college students' choices of certain mobile applications among alternatives.

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iSchools

Series/Report Name or Number

iConference 2014 Proceedings

Type of Resource

text

Language

english

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https://doi.org/10.9776/14360

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