Introduction: The great use of electrical appliances in different life applications is one of the most obvious concerns because of its possible health drawbacks. These investigation reports results of electromagnetic field effect emitted from mobile phones on some biophysical parameters of human blood belonging to blood groups A, B, AB & O collected from the normal persons. The parameters obser...

This paper describes a pilot test of a mobile phone application, VERA, (Virtual Environments to Raise Awareness) designed to improve attitudes about health by increasing awareness of health behaviors through use of a photolog. VERA was tested in a group and individual setting over the course of 2 weeks. Quantitative and qualitative data were collected. Participants in the group condition rated ...

Mobile phones have been proclaimed as the new service frontier. Nowadays, in addition to traditional mobile services, new mobile commerce services are ready to be used by customers based on 3G-related technologies. However, little is known about the reasons why different groups of customers adopt mobile commerce services. By means of a sample of 542 Dutch consumers, we analyze the acceptance of...

The rapid adoption of mobile phone technologies in Africa is offering exciting opportunities for engaging with high-risk populations through mHealth programs, and the vast volumes of behavioral data being generated as people use their phones provide valuable data about human behavioral dynamics in these regions. Taking advantage of these opportunities requires an understanding of the penetratio...

UNLABELLED The increased popularity and functionality of mobile devices has a number of implications for the delivery of mental health services. Effective use of mobile applications has the potential to (a) increase access to evidence-based care; (b) better inform consumers of care and more actively engage them in treatment; (c) increase the use of evidence-based practices; and (d) enhance care...

In Niger, independent mobile health units intended to meet the needs of nomadic populations have proved ineffectual and excessively costly. Primary health care services should be based on fixed structures with a reasonably wide radius of coverage and sufficient flexibility and mobile capacity to fulfil their obligations to all sectors of the population.

Erratum Upon publication, the following error was introduced to the title of this article [1]: The ‘UK’ was incorrectly changed to ‘conditions’. The correct title should read: 'Developing a mHealth intervention to promote uptake of HIV testing among African communities in the UK: a qualitative study'. The correct title has been included in this erratum and has also been updated in the original ...

the production, distribution, and consumption of information are the most important development indices of any nation. plenty of opportunities were created by e-learning which have overall paved the grounds for and enriched the presentation of learning materials through advanced audiovisual educational facilities. such learning environments are by and large flexible and provide more appropriate...