1. friko-diamondsdesigns.blogspot.com 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 persons daily life 3. Over the lifespan Individual characteristics Health is complex 4. Digital technologies are Pervasive Interconnected And driven by algorithms Flickr Stuck in Customs 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 Flickr lestaylorphoto 9. The digital cloud has come! @ehekler 10. We are digitally connected Flickr tychay 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 Flickr miyagisan 12. Quantified Self 13. Algorithm=useful data-driven insight Flickr Aray Chen 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 20. Algorithms for behavior change Hekler, Buman, Rivera, et al, in press; Riley, Martin, Rivera, Hekler, et al. manuscript in prep. 21. Turning algorithms into control systems 22. Turning algorithms into policy 23. 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. 24. For these slides visit: www.designinghealth.org ehekler@asu.edu @ehekler Thank you! Flickr veo_