Published on in Vol 21 , No 8 (2019) :August

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/12483, first published .
Patient Commitment to Health (PACT-Health) in the Heart Failure Population: A Focus Group Study of an Active Communication Framework for Patient-Centered Health Behavior Change

Patient Commitment to Health (PACT-Health) in the Heart Failure Population: A Focus Group Study of an Active Communication Framework for Patient-Centered Health Behavior Change

Patient Commitment to Health (PACT-Health) in the Heart Failure Population: A Focus Group Study of an Active Communication Framework for Patient-Centered Health Behavior Change

Daniella Meeker 1 , PhD ;   Jordan Goldberg 2 , BA ;   Katherine K Kim 3 , PhD, MPH, MBA ;   Desi Peneva 4 , MS ;   Hugo De Oliveira Campos 5 ;   Ross Maclean 4 , MD ;   Van Selby 6 , MD ;   Jason N Doctor 7 , PhD

1 Department of Exercise Science , University of South Carolina , Columbia , SC , US

2 stickK.com , New York City , NY , US

3 Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing , University of California Davis , Sacramento , CA , US

4 Precision Health Economics , Los Angeles , CA , US

5 Kaiser Permanente , Oakland , CA , US

6 Cardiology Division, Department of Medicine , University of California San Francisco , San Francisco , CA , US

7 Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics , University of Southern California , Los Angeles , CA , US

Corresponding Author:

  • Jason N Doctor, PhD
  • Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics
  • University of Southern California
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