Appropriation of mobile health for diabetes self-management : lessons from two qualitative studies

• Main Authors: Brew-Sam, Nicola, Karnowski, Veronika, Joeckel, Sven, Chib, Arul, Rossmann, Constanze, Riesmeyer, Claudia, Ling, Rich
• Other Authors: Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Germany; Social sciences::Communication; Diabetes
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/86244; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/49286
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Background: To achieve clarity on mobile health’s (mHealth’s) potential in the diabetes context, it is necessary to understand potential users’ needs and expectations, as well as the factors determining their mHealth use. Recently, a few studies have examined the user perspective in the mHealth cont...