Daily Challenge

Description:

The online program Daily Challenge encourages you to make small, health-related changes each day to improve your well-being. You can register with an email address or through Facebook. After registering each morning you will receive an email or text message with a simple challenge for you to complete that day (eg walk up the stairs to work). You can click the ‘Done' button to report that you have completed the challenge, via email, text messaging, or on the website - and can then share how you did the challenge. The program allows you to form ‘social connections' with your friends and family, or other members, and follow other members' activities. You can encourage, smile to and reply to other members. You receive points and badges for your accomplishments.

Service URL:

http://www.dailychallenge.com

Agency Responsible:

MeYou Health, LLC.

Details

Format:

Website.

Intervention Type:

Lifestyle (e.g. physical activity, diet).

Course Length:

Other. Not module based

Support Option:

Automated only. And Lay Support

Target Audience

Primary Category:

Resilience. Well-being

Target Audience:

Adult.

Language:

English.

Access

Fee:

Free.

Access:

Open: With registration. You can register with an email address or through Facebook

Contact Details:

via online form: https://meyouhealth.desk.com/

Research evidence

Research Trials:

1

Research RCTs:

0

Outcome Summary:

One study examined the first 30 days' activity of members who registered between Sept 2010 and July 2011. Members whose only activity was registration were excluded from the study. Participants with social connections in the program completed significantly more challenges, visited the site more often and opened more emails than those without social connections. Such findings suggest social ties is a key element of the program and can help users be more engaged in the program. However, while this study provides initial evidence in support of the potential effectiveness in impacting on an individual's health-related behaviour - further controlled studies, including additional measures of health-behaviours, would provide more conclusive evidence. Indeed, findings from a randomised controlled study are expected to be published in the near future.

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Research paper citations

Poirier, J. and Cobb, N.K. (2012) Social Influence as a driver of engagement in a web-based health intervention. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 14(1): e36.