Strengths and weaknesses of health behavior change programs on the Internet

Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 63-70

  Evers, Kerry E ^a   Prochaska, Janice M ^a   Prochaska, James O ^a   Driskell, Mary Margaret ^a   Cummins, Carol O ^a   Velicer, Wayne F ^a  

^a Pro Change Behavior Systems Incorporated   (United States)

Author keywords

Disease management; Evaluation studies; Health behavior; Health promotion; Internet

Indexed keywords

EVALUATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; INTERNET; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVACY; REVIEW;

EID: 0037251270     PISSN: 13591053     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1359105303008001435     Document Type: Review

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