The Definitions of Health Apps and Medical Apps From the Perspective of Public Health and Law: Qualitative Analysis of an Interdisciplinary Literature Overview

Laura Maaß   ^{1, 2} , BA, MA ;   Merle Freye   ^{2, 3} , First State Examination ;   Chen-Chia Pan   ^{2, 4, 5} , BSc, MA ;   Hans-Henrik Dassow   ^{2, 6} , BSc, MA ;   Jasmin Niess   ^{2, 7} , MSc, PhD ;   Tina Jahnel   ^{2, 8} , BA, MA, PhD

¹ Department of Health, Long-Term Care and Pensions, Research Center on Inequality and Social Policy, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany

² Leibniz ScienceCampus Digital Public Health, Bremen, Germany

³ Institute for Information, Health and Medical Law, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany

⁴ Unit of Lifestyle-Related Disorders, Department of Epidemiological Methods and Etiological Research, Leibniz Institute for Prevention and Epidemiology, Bremen, Germany

⁵ Department of Prevention and Health Promotion, Institute for Public Health and Care Research, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany

⁶ Institute for Philosophy, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany

⁷ Human Computer Interaction Research Group, Institute of Computer Science, University of St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland

⁸ Department of Health Services Research, Institute for Public Health and Care Research, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany