A behavioral medicine microcrocomputer program of health behavior change

PLATO STAYWELL is a microcomputer program of health behavior change that focuses on the areas of smoking cessation, weight control, stress management, blood pressure management, and fitness behavior. The program is highly individualized, matches people to the program intervention most likely to be effective for them, and is modified while the person is in it as a function of their behavior change in the program. The efficacy of matching and reassignment is evaluated by a mathematical model that enables the program to make increasingly accurate decisions. The program is patient, friendly and supportive, and provides graphic feedbad, of progress. Users receive only information relevant and useful to them, and have the opportunity to apply newly learned information in computer simulation situations.