Developing persuasive health messages for a behaviour-change-support-system that promotes physical activity

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dc.contributor.authorRezai, Leila
dc.contributor.authorBassett-Gunter, Rebecca
dc.contributor.authorBurns, Catherine
dc.date.accessioned2026-05-26T13:48:53Z
dc.date.available2026-05-26T13:48:53Z
dc.date.issued2017-05-15
dc.descriptionLeila Sadat Rezai, Jessie Chin, Rebecca Bassett-Gunter, Catherine Burns, Developing Persuasive Health Messages for a Behaviour-Change-Support-System That Promotes Physical Activity, Proceedings of the International Symposium on Human Factors and Ergonomics in Health Care 6(1). Copyright © 2017 https://doi.org/10.1177/2327857917061020
dc.description.abstractThis paper describes the first of three experiments conducted to investigate the efficacy of a proposed persuasive mHealth messaging intervention that motivates individuals to become more physically active. In order to develop a set of persuasive health messages that can be used in the principal experiment, which examines a particular message-tailoring strategy, we conducted an online survey through Amazon Mechanical Turk. In this online study participants rated a series of health messages to indicate each message’s level of persuasiveness, as well as the message’s focus. This study was essential, as disagreements exist on how to frame persuasive health messages in the context of promoting physical activity. Among the proposed 57 messages, 14 messages rated as the most persuasive were selected for the principal experiment.
dc.description.sponsorshipNatural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC).
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1177/2327857917061020
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10012/23404
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherSage Journals
dc.relation.ispartofseriesProceedings of the International Symposium on Human Factors and Ergonomics in Health Care; 6(1)
dc.subjectpersuasive systems
dc.subjectbehaviour-change support systems
dc.subjecttext-based interventions
dc.subjectmessage tailoring
dc.subjecthealth communication
dc.subjectHiggins' Regulatory Fit theory
dc.subjectconsumer psychology
dc.subjectpromoting leisure-time physical activity
dc.subjecte-health
dc.subjectm-health
dc.subjectAmazon Mechanical Turk
dc.titleDeveloping persuasive health messages for a behaviour-change-support-system that promotes physical activity
dc.typeArticle
dcterms.bibliographicCitationRezai, L. S., Chin, J., Bassett-Gunter, R., & Burns, C. (2017). Developing persuasive health messages for a behavior-change-support-system that promotes physical activity. Proceedings of the International Symposium on Human Factors and Ergonomics in Health Care, 6(1), 89–95. https://doi.org/10.1177/2327857917061020
uws.contributor.affiliation1Faculty of Engineering
uws.contributor.affiliation2Systems Design Engineering
uws.peerReviewStatusReviewed
uws.scholarLevelGraduate
uws.typeOfResourceTexten

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