Where rigorous research meets breakthrough technology.
HealthMpowerment (HMP) is a theory-based, status-neutral intervention designed to provide health and wellness information and resources relevant to young people via a mobile optimized platform. HMP was created by Lisa Hightow-Weidman, MD, MPH, a public health scientist with extensive expertise in mHealth interventions.
HMP covers a range of health and lifestyle topics to support users’ diverse backgrounds and varying needs over time.
About HealthMpowerment (HMP)
HMP strives to be a state-of-the-art Digital Health Intervention platform. We are building a feature-rich platform that incorporates the latest behavior change research and the latest advances in Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) and Artificial Intelligence (AI).
A dedicated group of technologists and researchers work together daily to improve the platform and keep content up-to-date, fresh, and relevant. Leveraging a holistic view to health, HMP content covers topics ranging from traditional physical health such as HIV and STI prevention and treatment, depression, and nutrition, to social and environmental factors influencing health like housing, discrimination, faith, and spirituality.
Our vision for the future of HealthMpowerment is to leverage this common platform to deliver a broader scope of capabilities to intervention studies within a reasonable budget and faster turn-around than de novo development.
We provide expertise using a deliberate process that integrates behavioral theory, design thinking, user-centered design, and rigorous evaluation. Each app we develop is grounded in principles of the HealthMpowerment intervention.
Decades of research have gone into building the HealthMpowerment platform, starting in 2004. Learn about findings from HMP 1.0, HMP mobile, and HMP Stigma that inform the transformative apps we build today.
Features
Built flexible and easy to adapt for various populations and health topics. Projects choose to “turn on/off” features depending on project needs. The platform is continually being enhanced, refined, and expanded.
Some current and future developments include the creation of sub-forums, expanded survey software integrations, tailored content recommendations using AI and machine learning, and more!
The HealthMpowerment platform is flexible and adaptable to support a range of research projects related to health and wellness.
Learn about the efficacy of HealthMpowerment through our research findings published in academic journals, easy-to-digest infographics, and videos.
Our team brings together leading experts in digital health and research to develop evidence-based interventions that improve health outcomes.
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