This is a talk I gave for the USDA Western Regional Nutrition Symposium

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New Technologies in Health Promotion
Eric Hekler
Assistant Prof, Nutrition
& Health Promotion
Arizona State University
ehekler@asu.edu
www.designinghealth.org
USDA Western Region Nutrition Symposium

2. We want interventions that are
Evidence-based
Cost-effective
Tailored
Easy to disseminate
Promote maintenance
Fit into a person’s daily life

3. Over the lifespan
Individual
characteristics
Health is complex…

4. Digital technologies are…
Pervasive
Interconnected
And driven by algorithms
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5. Digital Technologies – What has changed?
Digital Health Technologies – Examples
Outline

6. Disclaimer
I will be discussing many different
technologies. If I have any connections
with the corporations, I will acknowledge
them. Please know that I am NOT
endorsing them in any way. I use them
more as illustrative examples.

7. Digital Technologies – What has changed?
Digital Health Technologies – Examples
Outline

8. Cell phones are pervasive,
personal, and powerful
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9. The digital “cloud”
has come!
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10. We are digitally connected
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11. The process of creation is changing
• Expert-sourced
o Content generated by
“experts”
o Information evaluated
by experts
o Rigorous but slow
o www.britannica.com
• Crowd-sourced
o Content generated by
“crowd”
o Information evaluated
by crowd
o Fast but inaccurate?
o www.wikipedia.org
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12. Quantified Self

13. Algorithm=useful data-driven insight
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14. “2024”
“2014”

15. Digital Technologies – What has changed?
Digital Health Technologies – Examples
Outline

16. Over the lifespan
Individual
characteristics
Some of my research across the SEM

17. Smartphone apps
mTrack mSmiles mConnect
King, Hekler, et al 2013 PLoS One
Calorific

18. Sensors and other data
Home-based sensors
Winslow Burleson, ASU
PACO – EMA
Bob Evans, Google
Activity/Sleep Sensors
Matt Buman, ASU;
Max Utter, Jawbone
Geotagging
David Mohr, Northwestern

19. David McDonald, U Washington, Erika Poole, Penn State

21. Algorithms for behavior change
Hekler, Buman, Rivera, et al, in press; Riley, Martin, Rivera, Hekler, et al. manuscript in prep.

22. Turning algorithms into control systems

23. Turning algorithms into policy

24. Pervasive, connected,
data-driven technologies,
with an engaged
populace provide great
power for global health.
To find solutions to
global health, we must
find ethical ways to
create algorithms and
interventions that
capitalize on this
power.

25. For these slides visit:
www.designinghealth.org
ehekler@asu.edu
@ehekler
Thank you!
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