Assignment: Behavior App/Device Report
Length: 3 to 5 pages.
You will use the theories you read about to assess health behavior apps/devices. Visit the other resources at the bottom. This Health Behavior App Report is a 3 pages paper you will complete on your own and submit here. Use two behavior change or behavior monitoring apps (or devices). (These can be tools like a friend's FitBit, the health-related apps on an Apple watch, the app MyFitnessPal, or another exercise, meal, or mental health app on your phone.) In your paper, you will compare the two tools you used. Write a report discussing their strengths and weaknesses. Include the following components as part of the comparisons in your report:
Write a brief overview of both of the apps' purpose and features.
1. What agency or company created each app? Describe whether these institutions and their technology are trustworthy or not and why.
2. Describe the behavior change theory/theories that are evident in the apps/devices and which features are theoretically-based. Be sure to cite the theoretical evidence.
3. Describe if the features are effective, based on both the research and based on your personal use of the app/device.
4. Investigate the apps' ethics and policies around your data and how/if they keep your information secure.
5. What features do they provide around interoperability?
6. What are your final conclusions on the apps' effectiveness and what results did you have from using them?
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
(1) The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
(2) The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
(3) Also include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.