Dear Colleagues,

Technology provides many opportunities to prevent, mitigate and intervene with health behaviours. This includes actions that have in the past been difficult to achieve in behaviour change, including the collection of objective, automated data through smart devices and the ability to interact with individuals in an intelligent, real-time manner. However, new possibilities create new challenges. Amongst this is the interdisciplinary nature of research and practice in this area, which requires input from health professionals, behaviour change experts, software engineers and more. Further, there is a need to determine the extent to which the extensive health and behaviour change literature that already exists can be applied to interactive e-health interventions, as well as to identify and explore the new capabilities that such technologies afford. In doing so, we must also consider the unintended consequences that interactive e-health systems may create and how systems need to be designed to minimise these risks. This includes wider discussions around transparency, social requirements, adaptability and ethics. This Special Issue is concerned with showcasing examples of interactive e-health research and exploring the opportunities and challenges that technology can bring to this space.

Dr. John McAlaney
Prof. Raian Ali
Guest Editors

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