IESS 2017: Exploring Services Science pp 38-50 | Cite as

IT-Support in Workplace Health Promotion: Mobile Apps on the Rise

  • Fujan Nuryan Dehkordi
  • Rüdiger Breitschwerdt
  • Michael Fellmann
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Part of the Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing book series (LNBIP, volume 279)

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the landscape of workplace health promotion applications. We analyze the contributions that consider this type of apps and their use. Therefore, the published research is summarized by a literature review presenting an overview. The findings are categorized in various clusters. As a result, it was possible to see major research streams described in literature. Furthermore, the results show a need for future research on app development for workplace health promotion.

Keywords

Workplace health promotion Literature review Application Mobile app mHealth 
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Notes

Acknowledgment

Parts of this contribution originate from the project Baltic Sea Campus on eHealth (BSCeH), an excellence grant from the state of Schleswig-Holstein to support the development of the Institute for eHealth and Management in Healthcare (IEMG) at Flensburg University of Applied Sciences. The authors are pleased to acknowledge all supporting partners.

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Authors and Affiliations

  • Fujan Nuryan Dehkordi
    • 1
  • Rüdiger Breitschwerdt
    • 2
  • Michael Fellmann
    • 1
  1. 1.Institute of Computer ScienceUniversity of RostockRostockGermany
  2. 2.Institute for eHealth and Management in Health CareFlensburg University of Applied SciencesFlensburgGermany

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