A practice-sponsored web site to help patients pursue healthy behaviors: An ACORN study

Annals of Family Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 148-152

  Woolf, Steven H ^a,e   Krist, Alex H ^a,b   Johnson, Robert E ^a   Wilson, Diane B ^c   Rothemich, Stephen F ^a,b   Norman, Gregory J ^c   Devers, Kelly J ^d  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Fairfax Family Practice Residency   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol drinking; Communication; Delivery of health care; Diet, physical activity; Health promotion; Health services research; Obesity; Practice based research; Smoking cessation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FAT INTAKE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERNET; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICIAN; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; ENDPOINT DETERMINATION; EXERCISE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INTERNET; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SMOKING CESSATION;

EID: 33645540540     PISSN: 15441709     EISSN: 15441717     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1370/afm.522     Document Type: Article

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