An Interactive Software-Agent Smoking Cessation Program

Goals of this project

      > Improve success of computer-based,
         quit-smoking message tailoring

      > Test and develop health communication
         and behavior change theory

The paper discusses

      > Health communication and behavior change theories

      > Implementing theory in a software-agent system

      > Testing the system against standard tailoring


Home > Research > HICSS-36

Introduction >
  Goals of project
  Message tailoring
  Interpersonal communication
  Educational technology example
  SCI-WISE interface
  Hypothesis testing and results

Health behavior change theories >
  Four theories
  Health Belief Model
  Theory of Reasoned Action
  Elaboration Likelihood Model
  Stages of Change Theory
  Summary of theories

Implementation >
  Goal, context, agents, acts
  Stages of Change implementation
  Agent design
  Traditional and agent interfaces

Testing >
  Research questions and hypotheses   Independent variables
  Dependent variables
  Experimental design

Conclusion >
  Summary
  Future research