Table 2.
Frequencies of apps according to the Health Education Curriculum Analysis Tool (HECAT) content areas (N = 3336).
| HECAT content area | n (%)a | |
| Alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs | 131 (3.93) | |
| Help for addiction | 118 (90.08) | |
| Support for an addict | 2 (1.53) | |
| Other | 17 (12.98) | |
| Healthy eating | 651 (19.51) | |
| Calorie counters, journals, logs | 213 (32.72) | |
| Healthy recipes and cooking tips | 114 (17.51) | |
| Healthy diet-specific information | 175 (26.88) | |
| Nutritional breakdown of specific food items | 236 (36.25) | |
| Other | 57 (8.76) | |
| Mental and emotional health | 414 (12.41) | |
| Eating disorders | 11 (2.06) | |
| Stress management | 255 (47.66) | |
| Depression | 41 (7.66) | |
| Reference tests, diagnostic tools, information | 18 (3.36) | |
| Remedies, therapies, medication guides, self-help treatments | 131 (24.49) | |
| Meditation guides | 160 (29.91) | |
| Other | ||
| Physical Activity | 1108 (33.21) | |
| Workouts, tips, ideas | 696 (62.82) | |
| Parks, facilities, directional maps | 11 (0.99) | |
| Race announcements, events | 1 (0.09) | |
| Monitors, measurement of workouts, logs, automatic recordings | 496 (44.40) | |
| Other | 8 (0.72) | |
| Violence prevention and safety | 96 (2.88) | |
| Attack alarms, notification noises | 15 (15.62) | |
| How-to guide for administering first aid | 32 (33.33) | |
| Information about snake bites | 32 (33.33) | |
| Emergency preparedness | 25 (26.04) | |
| Other | 26 (27.08) | |
| Personal health and wellness | 962 (28.84) | |
| Sleep | 160 (16.63) | |
| Oral care/hygiene | 14 (1.46) | |
| Disease/illness specific information | 146 (15.18) | |
| Remedies/medications/prescriptions | 153 (15.90) | |
| Goal setting | 37 (3.85) | |
| Beautification | 28 (2.91) | |
| Complementary and alternative medicine | 310 (32.22) | |
| Skin care | 31 (3.22) | |
| Other | 156 (16.22) | |
| Sexual and reproductive health | 243 (7.28) | |
| Prenatal care | 60 (24.69) | |
| Pregnancy/fertility calendar | 82 (33.74) | |
| Postnatal care | 72 (29.63) | |
| Early parenting strategies and tips | 16 (6.58) | |
| Intimacy enhancer | 25 (10.29) | |
| Other | 8 (3.29) | |
a Apps could be coded in multiple categories.