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Formative Evaluation of Digital Health Interventions (5017) Web-based and Mobile Health Interventions (5773) Human Factors and Usability Case Studies (1287) Prevention and Health Promotion (2217) Participatory Design and Participatory Research (515) Chatbots and Conversational Agents (1150) Innovations and Technology for Physical Activity Education (1057) Generative Language Models Including ChatGPT (1453)

Published on in Vol 8 (2024)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/51571, first published .
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Investigating the Potential of a Conversational Agent (Phyllis) to Support Adolescent Health and Overcome Barriers to Physical Activity: Co-Design Study

Investigating the Potential of a Conversational Agent (Phyllis) to Support Adolescent Health and Overcome Barriers to Physical Activity: Co-Design Study

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