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Digital Health Reviews (1768) mHealth for Wellness, Behavior Change and Prevention (3367) Chatbots and Conversational Agents (758) Applications of AI (307) Web-based and Mobile Health Interventions (4105) Evaluation and Research Methodology for mHealth (249) Behavior Change (882) Artificial Intelligence (2218)

Published on in Vol 28 (2026)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/79677, first published .
The Development and Use of AI Chatbots for Health Behavior Change: Scoping Review

The Development and Use of AI Chatbots for Health Behavior Change: Scoping Review

The Development and Use of AI Chatbots for Health Behavior Change: Scoping Review

Authors of this article:

Lingyi Fu1 Author Orcid Image ;   Ryan Burns1 Author Orcid Image ;   Yuhuan Xie1 Author Orcid Image ;   Jincheng Shen2 Author Orcid Image ;   Shandian Zhe3 Author Orcid Image ;   Paul Estabrooks1 Author Orcid Image ;   Yang Bai1 Author Orcid Image
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Lingyi Fu   1 , MS ;   Ryan Burns   1 , PhD ;   Yuhuan Xie   1 , MS ;   Jincheng Shen   2 , PhD ;   Shandian Zhe   3 , PhD ;   Paul Estabrooks   1 , PhD ;   Yang Bai   1 , PhD

1 Department of Health and Kinesiology, College of Health, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, United States

2 Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, United States

3 Kahlert School of Computing, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, United States

Corresponding Author:

  • Yang Bai, PhD
  • Department of Health and Kinesiology
  • College of Health
  • University of Utah
  • HPER-North
  • Room 204
  • Salt Lake City, UT 84102
  • United States
  • Phone: 1 8015870482
  • Email: Yang.Bai@utah.edu