Within a mHealth context, Gagnon et al [52] found health professionals considered their workplace environment as one of the top contributing factors to adoption. Adolescent mHealth interventions have been burdened with high attrition rates. This review found that both Indigenous patients and service providers are enthusiastic about the role that mHealth can play in health service delivery. JMIR Mhealth Uhealth 2023;11:e46155 doi: 10.2196/46155 PMID: 37379059 Copy Citation to Clipboard To our knowledge, this is the first review of qualitative studies that provides an understanding of the influential factors for both patients and service providers for Indigenous populations in relation to mHealth. The advocacy of mHealth from leadership was an influencing factor to acceptance: Workplace staff capacity and retention contributed to the opportunities service providers had to commit to mHealth implementation [40,42,44]. The perceived lack of fit with established work practices was a professional barrier identified [40,42,44]. A protocol of this qualitative synthesis was registered with the International Prospective Register of Systematic Reviews (PROSPERO; registration number CRD42021251861). JMIR Mhealth Uhealth 2019;7(4):e12745 [, Tighe J, Shand F, McKay K, Mcalister TJ, Mackinnon A, Christensen H. Usage and acceptability of the iBobbly app: pilot trial for suicide prevention in aboriginal and torres strait islander youth. Balancing the evidence: incorporating the synthesis of qualitative data into systematic reviews. The search strategy is available in Multimedia Appendix 1. Mahoney R, The technological advancements and abundance of mobile phones and portable health devices have created a plethora of mobile health (mHealth) tools. Provider- and patient-related barriers to and facilitators of digital health technology adoption for hypertension management: scoping review. Mai Suzuki, Kou Yamanaka, Shinichi Fukushima, Mayu Ogawa, Yuki Nagaiwa, Toshio Naito. JMIR mHealth and uHealth - Feasibility, Acceptability, and Potential Background: Being overweight or obese presents a major risk factor for noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and musculoskeletal disorders. Povey et al [31] found Indigenous patients were largely dismissive of privacy issues with regard to mHealth, noting that personal information held on phones such as photos, or emails being seen would worry them more. August 17, 2023, May 31, 2023 JMIR Serious Games (JSG, ISSN 2291-9279; Impact Factor 3.36) is a sister journal of JMIR, the leading eHealth journal. JMU focuses on health and biomedical applications in mobile and tablet computing, pervasive and ubiquitous computing, wearable computing and domotics. End user and implementer experiences of mHealth technologies for noncommunicable chronic disease management in young adults: systematic review. Background: The advancements and abundance of mobile phones and portable health devices have created an opportunity to use mobile health (mHealth) for population health systems. Methods: In May 2021, systematic searches of peer-reviewed, scientific papers were conducted across the 5 databases of PubMed, CINAHL, Embase, PsycINFO, and Web of Science. JMIR Serious Games is indexed in PubMed, PubMed Central, DOAJ, Scopus, SCIE (Clarivate), and PsycINFO. In June 2023,JMU receivedaJournal Impact Factor from Clarivate of 5.0(5-year Journal Impact Factor: 5.7) andcontinues to be a Q1 journal in the category of Healthcare Sciences and Services.It is indexed in all major literature indices, including MEDLINE, PubMed,PubMed Central, Scopus, Psycinfo, SCIE, JCR, EBSCO/EBSCO Essentials, DOAJ, GoOA and others. JMU is indexed in MEDLINE, PubMed, PubMed Central, Scopus, Psycinfo, SCIE, JCR, EBSCO/EBSCO Essentials, DOAJ, GoOA and others.In June 2022, JMU received a 4.95 impact factor in Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports . This paper presents a probabilistic sensitivity analysis (PSA) to evaluate the efficacy and cost-utility of a DTC app against treatment as usual (TAU) in Germany. What is the Impact Factor of JMIR mHealth and uHealth? 23.6.2023 JMIR Public Health and Surveillance Receives an Impact Factor of 8.5 Older adults' experiences with using wearable devices: qualitative systematic review and meta-synthesis. What is the Impact Factor of JMIR Research Protocols? Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada and Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council. Indexing and Impact Factor Browse Journal Year: Latest Announcements . The use of proximity operators, truncation, and phrase searching was used to widen the search to capture all iterations of both the mHealth and Indigenous themes. mHealth end users are enthusiastic about the role that mHealth can play in Indigenous health service delivery. High turnover of staff contributed to a lack of sustained mHealth knowledge and skill within the workplace [40,42,44]. An important factor when implementing health service innovation is localized agenda setting being led by need, want, and appropriateness [51]. (2023), This is a member publication of Service providers saw the benefit of mHealth as an educational tool to develop skills and knowledge. Subsequently, 2 authors (AG and SL) screened the full-text papers independently and then discussed for comparison. June 22, 2023 Aust N Z J Public Health 2019;43(4):313-318 [, Brown K, Toombs M, Nasir B, Kisely S, Ranmuthugala G, Brennan-Olsen SL, et al. In 2022, JMIR received a Journal Impact Factor of 7.08 (5-Year Journal Impact Factor: 7.69) according to the latest release of the Journal Citation Reports from Clarivate, 2022. mHealth could efficiently deliver high-quality health care, but the evidence supporting its current effectiveness is still mixed. The mHealth intervention aims to address a health challenge (eg, diagnosis of disease, substance use, health behaviors, quality of life, health knowledge, self-efficacy, caregiver support, etc). A Mobile Medication Support App and Its Impact on People Living With HIV: 12-Week User Experience and Medication Compliance Pilot Study. Likewise, Palacholla et al [50] found leadership and organizations that were supportive and facilitated digital health adoption in clinical settings. AG has spent more than 13 years as an Indigenous health worker in Queensland alongside rural and remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the discipline of cardiac and health care services. A meta-aggregative approach was used to analyze the findings of included studies. Interestingly, these age-related barriers were not reflected by Indigenous patients in this Australian study. Namely, the principal influencers for adoption are the mHealth design, personal perceptions of mHealth, and the workplace environment [16,21,52], which suggest that co-design may offer an effective methodology for sustained mHealth uptake with Indigenous populations and service providers that work with Indigenous populations. 2020. For nearly 25 years, JMIR Publications has been advocating for open access in digital health. Allowing end users to suggest localized agenda setting through co-design may provide an opportunity for ownership, championship, and mitigation of barriers in mHealth implementation. Alignment of the health innovation with organizational principles was found to influence uptake. Importantly, mHealth offered the opportunity of anonymous support for patients wishing not to engage with health services face to face [31,34,37]. What is the Impact Factor of JMIR mHealth and uHealth? Engaging health care organizations as a partner to support mHealth may offer the greatest opportunity for sustained uptake. Copyright Canberra: Commonwealth of Australia; 2018. JMIR mHealth and uHealth - Impact Factor & Score 2023 - Research.com A promising approach is the delivery of interventions using geofencesspatial buffers around high-risk locations for smoking that trigger intervention messages when an individuals phone enters the perimeter. Specific to the focus of the manuscript AG and RM are Indigenous, and GS and SL are non-Indigenous. To ensure a culturally inclusive lens, our authorship reflects a diversity of the background, career stage, gender, and race. Patients' perceptions of mHealth apps: meta-ethnographic review of qualitative studies. JMIR mHealth and uHealth (JMU, ISSN 2291-5222; Impact Factor: 4.95) is a leading peer-reviewed journal and one of the flagship journals of JMIR Publications. Studies were conducted in Australia (n=10), Canada (n=2), New Zealand (n=2), Papua New Guinea (n=1), the United States (n=1), and Samoa (n=1). There is a need for mHealth design to center end users within a co-designed approach with Indigenous people. URL: Covidence systematic review software. Findings from these reviews provide a collective insight into user perceptions and experience of mHealth to influence future research and implementation. Having 2 reviewers from diverse cultural backgrounds and gender orientations independently screening improved the quality of this meta-synthesis. PLoS Med 2013;10(1):e1001362 [, Payne HE, Lister C, West JH, Bernhardt JM. JMIR mHealth and uHealth Receives 4.95 Impact Factor JMIR Publicationsis a leading, born-digital, open access publisher of 30+ academic journals and other innovative scientific communication products that focus on the intersection of health and technology. Youth in Australia found that mHealth provided connection to service providers while adding anonymity and privacy to the navigation of their mental health journey. Despite this, Eyles et al [59] found a lack of co-design methods for minority and Indigenous groups internationally in the development of mHealth interventions. There is increasing evidence for the feasibility and acceptance of mHealth with Indigenous populations. Soc Sci Med 2020;258:113015 [, Houston A, Laws R, Askew D, Saldanha T, Denney-Wilson E. Exploring the cultural appropriateness and usefulness of a mHealth promotion program for infant feeding in an urban aboriginal health service: a qualitative study. MTHer, an mHealth system to support women with gestational diabetes mellitus: feasibility and acceptability study. In addition to these achievements we are thrilled to announce that JMIR Public Health & Surveillance received its first Impact Factor (IF 4.11) in the 2020 JCR, earning a place in the first quartile of the "Public, Environmental, and Occupational Health" subject category. Although evidence-based smoking cessation interventions exist and are effective, a lack of access to these interventions specifically designed for young adults remains a major barrier for this population to successfully quit smoking. For nearly 25 years, JMIR Publications has been advocating for open access in digital health. The significance of investment into continued staff training and development was seen as important for mHealth success [40,42,45]. The cedar project - mobile phone use and acceptability of mobile health among young indigenous people who have used drugs in British Columbia, Canada: mixed methods exploratory study. Workplaces that have leaders and champions to drive and support mHealth were a central factor in enabling mHealth uptake. Despite growth in personalized and ubiquitous smoking cessation interventions, few studies have incorporated spatial methods to optimize intervention delivery using place and time information. JMU continues to be a Q1 ranked journal in the subject category of ' Healthcare Sciences and Services' for the sixth year running. Following the full-text review, 45 papers were excluded, leaving 17 studies included in this qualitative systematic review (Figure 1). in In total, 14 of the 34 open access journals published by JMIR Publications now have a JIFthats a 133% increase since last year, and we still have more journals launched in the last 2 years that wont yet be relevant for metrics such as the JIF and CiteScore. J Med Internet Res 2016;18(3):e65 [, McCool J, Dobson R, Whittaker R. Moving beyond the individual: mHealth tools for social change in low-resource settings. Indigenous patients appreciate that mHealth facilitated connection to support people, along with health care providers [31,33-38,47,48]. JMIR Mhealth Uhealth 2018;20(4):e109 [, Palmer MJ, Machiyama K, Woodd S, Gubijev A, Barnard S, Russell S, et al. We are proud to announce that JMIR mHealth and uHealth has an inaugural impact factor of 4.636, which is a stunning success and is beyond our own expecations. URL: Critical Appraisal Skills Programme (CASP). JMIR Publications, JMIR Rehabilitation and Assistive Technologies, Skip side navigation and go to main content. J Med Internet Res 2017;19(7):e256 [, Hobson GR, Caffery LJ, Neuhaus M, Langbecker DH. A meta-aggregative approach was used to analyze the findings [30]. mHealth may provide an appropriate tool to bridge health knowledge gaps [42] and enable education and empowerment for health care. JMIR Publications, JMIR Rehabilitation and Assistive Technologies, Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are JMIR Mhealth Uhealth 2021;9(6):e23832 [, Slater H, Campbell JM, Stinson JN, Burley MM, Briggs AM. Mobile phone-based interventions for improving adherence to medication prescribed for the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease in adults. Embedding body image microinterventions into digital environments is one avenue for providing young people with immediate and short-term reprieve and protection from the negative exposure effects associated with social media. We were unable to identify any papers with Indigenous people of the Spmi region of northern Europe that met the review criteria. TCM-based health concepts have not yet been incorporated into mobile health (mHealth) apps for individuals with prediabetes. BMC Cardiovasc Disord 2018;18(1):25 [, Gandhi S, Chen S, Hong L, Sun K, Gong E, Li C, et al. JMIR Medical Informatics remains at 3.2. Andrew Goodman, Ray Mahoney, Geoffrey Spurling, Sheleigh Lawler. In conclusion, there has been considerable growth in qualitative research exploring contextual factors in relation to mHealth uptake in non-Indigenous populations, yet less so for Indigenous populations. JMIR mHealth and uHealth - Knowledge Discovery in Ubiquitous and Personal Sleep Tracking: Scoping Review Published on 28.6.2023 in Vol 11 (2023) Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/42750, first published September 15, 2022 . There is increasing evidence for the feasibility and acceptance of mHealth with Indigenous populations. Engaging gatekeeper-stakeholders in development of a mobile health intervention to improve medication adherence among African American and pacific islander elderly patients with hypertension. Any differing views were resolved through discussion. JMIR mHealth and uHealth - Usage and Daily Attrition of a Smartphone JMIR mHealth and uHealth - About the Journal mHealth was found to be an important resource to support culturally competent health care delivery for locum service providers in Canada. - This review used meta-aggregation to summarize the findings of 17 qualitative studies on the experiences and perceptions of mHealth with Indigenous populations and the service providers that work with Indigenous populations. In this review, most included studies stated the importance of relevant cultural imagery and language, which enabled greater comprehension of mHealth messaging and increased engagement by end users [31-33,37-41,43,44,46,47]. The projected impact factor for JMIR mHealth and uHealth (2016) is at least 2.84, calculated from 431 citations (citing articles published in 2016) / 152 (published articles 2014/15). Culturally safe eHealth interventions with aboriginal and torres strait Islander people: protocol for a best practice framework. While JMIR Publications is proud of the 2022 Impact Factors and the associated prestige, we are keen to stress that this metric should not be the only gauge of the quality or influence of an article. It is ranked #2 behind JMIR in the medical informatics category. Mobile health for first nations populations: systematic review. JMIR mHealth and uHealth 2021-2022 - & JMIR Mhealth Uhealth 2018;6(8):e173 [, Varnfield M, Redd C, Stoney RM, Higgins L, Scolari N, Warwick R, et al. Yet, these reviews include qualitative data as only a peripheral focus and are inconsistent with the intervention type [23], and outcomes [24]. We do not support any misuse of the impact factor and actively encourage authors and institutions to consider other measures, such as author satisfaction ratings on SciRev and Google, or Altmetric scores, alongside new and emerging open science measures that support broader advances in science and academia. Indigenous patients suggested mHealth could enable a web-based community to connect with others on similar health journeys [31,33-38,46]. Service providers in Australia found mHealth may be more useful for staff lacking experience and confidence in health practice. JMIR Mhealth Uhealth 2020;8(1):e12651 [, Moore K, O'Shea E, Kenny L, Barton J, Tedesco S, Sica M, et al. Mobile health (mHealth) apps related to mental health have been previously used for early diagnosis and intervention but not among pregnant and postpartum women. JMIR continues to be a Q1 journal in the categories of 'Medical Informatics . Two authors (AG and SL) independently screened titles and abstracts against the inclusion criteria, and papers clearly not meeting the inclusion criteria were excluded. Nutrition apps seem to be promising tools for supporting consumers toward healthier eating habits. What is Impact Factor misuse? These problems are preventable and solvable via weight reduction and increased physical activity and exercise. JMU has been published since 2013 and was the first mhealth journal indexed in PubMed. Goodman A, Likewise, Indigenous patients in Australia appreciated the facility of remote support seeking with the avoidance of unwanted in-person contact. Workplaces that invested in systems, valued innovation, and had supportive leadership, positively influenced service providers perception and engagement with mHealth tools [40,42,44]. This intrusion was due to third-party systems, not necessarily a mHealth resource. Australian service providers noted mHealth broke down the barriers of patient engagement, equalising the power imbalance often present in their relationships with clients [40]. Physical activity is known to be an effective, evidence-based treatment for depression. Transl Behav Med 2019;9(4):720-736 [. Most studies were of medium to high quality, and the quality appraisal tool can be found in Multimedia Appendix 2. JMIR mHealth and uHealth (JMU, ISSN 2291-5222; Impact Factor:5.0) is a leading peer-reviewed journal and one of the flagship journals of JMIR Publications. available at. 37351947, Copyright The complete bibliographic information, a link to the original publication on https://mhealth.jmir.org/, as well as this copyright and license information must be included. Mobile health (mHealth) apps offer a cost-effective platform for such interventions, but research is needed to inform their optimal design and assess their acceptability, feasibility, and potential effectiveness. What is an Impact Factor? What is JMIR's Impact Factor? Systematic reviews globally have suggested mHealth is a broadly feasible and effective resource for a range of health conditions including; behavior change [2,3], noncommunicable disease management [4-9], perinatal care [10,11] medication adherence [12], and mental health well-being [13,14]. The number of adults who are overweight or affected by obesity has tripled in the last 4 decades. Like all JMIR journals, JMU encourages Open Science principles and strongly encourages the publication of a protocol before data collection. All 17 studies included in this review were published between 2013 and 2021. However, people generally have difficulties with participating in physical activity owing to limitations in time and accessibility. JMIR Publications, JMIR Rehabilitation and Assistive Technologies, It is indexed in all major literature indices, including. Service providers held a perception that mobile phones were not prevalent or accessible to patients due to cost [46] and remote location [42]. Mobile and tablet apps, ubiquitous and pervasive computing, wearable computing, and domotics for health, Editor-in-Chief: JMIR Formative Research - Acceptability of an mHealth App for JMIR mHealth and uHealth Smartphones in the secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease: a systematic review. Moreover, our findings support other reviews reporting health care providers who found mHealth improved communication between their patients and colleagues [15,16]. mHealth interventions are being explored with Indigenous populations with increasing interest [22-24]. A smartphone app to assist smoking cessation among aboriginal Australians: findings from a pilot randomized controlled trial. All authors have read and approved the manuscript. JMIR Mental Health has gone from 6.3 to 5.2. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2016. PMID: JMIR mHealth and uHealth 2458 articles JMIR Formative Research 1932 articles . Indigenous Peoples. A complete list of 2022 JMIR Publications Impact Factors include: JMIR Publications is also pleased to announce the following journals now accepted into the Web of Science,Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI): Journals accepted into ESCI are evaluated on 28 quality criteria for editorial rigor and citation activity. With the novelty of mHealth along with the cultural considerations involved in the study population, it would be practical to enter a colearning and cocreation relationship to achieve mutually beneficial outcomes. bCAT: critical appraisal tool, maximum score is 11. cmHealth interactive: integrated app used for access to health information or personal monitoring of health determinates that allows for information exchange (eg, peers and service providers). Seven studies were with service providers (either Indigenous or non-Indigenous) who work with Indigenous peoples [39-45]. 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This creates a challenge for mHealth developers and researchers alike in having 1 product with the capability to be distributed to a culturally diverse audience. jNarrative approach to qualitative analysis. These systematic reviews predominantly focus on non-Indigenous populations and fail to explore the user experiences of Indigenous people and their service providers. Mobile Health (mhealth) - Journal of Medical Internet Research Our findings showed the importance of workplaces and their leadership in influencing the uptake of mHealth [39,40,42,44,45]. The usability and effectiveness of mobile health technology-based lifestyle and medical intervention apps supporting health care during pregnancy: systematic review. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work, first published in JMIR mHealth and uHealth, is properly cited. Findings suggest mHealth can assist in developing cultural competence through gaining a better understanding of cultural diversity, histories, and traditional languages. We align with DORA on the importance of contextual metrics and the need to transition the research ecosystem away from JIF dominance. It is crucial to consider the JIF in conjunction with other indicators rather than relying on it in isolation.