Using sequential email messages to promote health behaviors: Evidence of feasibility and reach in a worksite sample

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Franklin, Patricia D ^a   Rosenbaum, Paula F ^b   Carey, Michael P ^c   Roizen, Michael F ^d,e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e Science Team of RealAge Inc

^f RealAge Technology Group

Author keywords

Employee wellness; Health promotion; Information technology in health care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; E-MAIL; EDUCATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INCOME; INTERNET; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; VEGETABLE; WORKPLACE;

EID: 33646461843     PISSN: 14388871     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.8.1.e3     Document Type: Review

References (25)

1. Pelletier KR. A review and analysis of the clinical and cost-effectiveness studies of comprehensive health promotion and disease management programs at the worksite: 1995-1998 update (IV). Am J Health Promot 1999 Jul;13(6):333-45, iii.
2. Aldana SG. Financial impact of health promotion programs: a comprehensive review of the literature. Am J Health Promot 2001;15(5):296-320.
3. Wellman B. Computer networks as social networks. Science 2001 Sep 14;293(5537):2031-2034. [doi: 10.1126/science.1065547]
4. Harris Interactive Inc. Almost three-quarters of all U.S. adults - an estimated 163 million - go online. Harris Poll. 2005 May 12. URL: http://www.harrisinteractive.com/harris_poll/index.asp?PID=569 [accessed 2006 Mar 28]
5. VHA Inc. Deloitte & Touche. Healthcare 2001, a strategic assessment of the healthcare environment in the United States. URL: http://www. findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3498/is_7_64/ai_76699586 [accessed 2005 Oct 18]
6. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Physical activity and health: a report of the Surgeon General. Atlanta, GA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion; 1996.
7. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Prevalence of no leisure-time physical activity - 35 States and the District of Columbia, 1988-2002. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2004 Feb 6;53(4):82-86.
8. National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention & Health Promotion. Behavioral risk factor surveillance system; prevalence fruit and vegetables. 2003. URL: http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/factsheets/prevention/obesity.htm [accessed 2005 Oct 18]
9. National Center for Health Statistics. Health, United States, 2004, with chartbook on trends in the health of Americans. Library of Congress Catalog Number 76-641496. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics; 2004.
10. Finkelstein E, Fiebelkorn lC, Wang G. The costs of obesity among full-time employees. Am J Health Promot 2005 Sep;20(1):45-51.
11. The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. Key facts: racial and ethnic disparities in medical care. Menlo Park, CA: Kaiser Family Foundation; 1999. URL: http://www.yale.edu/yjhple/volume_1/pdf/015%20(blanton).pdf [accessed 2005 Oct 18]
12. International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ). URL: http://www.ipaq.ki.se/IPAQ.asp?mnu_sel=GGD&pg_sel= [accessed 2005 Oct 18]
13. National Cancer Institute. Eating at America's Table Study: Quick Food Scan. URL: http://riskfactor.cancer.gov/diet/screeners/fruitveg/allday.pdf [accessed 2006 Mar 28]
14. Fishbein M, Hennessy M, Kamb M, Bolan GA, Hoxworth T, Iatesta M, et al. Using intervention theory to model factors influencing behavior change. Project RESPECT. Eval Health Prof 2001 Dec;24(4):363-384. [doi: 10.1177/ 01632780122034966]
15. McDowell I, Newell C. Measuring health: a guide to rating scales and questionnaires. New York: Oxford University Press; 1987.
16. Roizen MF, Stephenson M. Real age: are you as young as you can be? New York: Cliff Street Books; 1999.
17. Glasgow RE, Mccaul KD, Fisher KJ. Participation in worksite health promotion: a critique of the literature and recommendations for future practice. Health Educ Q 1993;20(3):391-408.
18. Eysenbach G. The law of attrition. J Med Internet Res 2005 Mar 31;7(1):e11 [doi: 10.2196/jmir.7.1.e11]
19. Dutta-Bergman MJ. Health attitudes, health cognitions, and health behaviors among Internet health information seekers: population-based survey. J Med Internet Res 2004 May 28;6(2):e15 [doi: 10.2196/jmir.6.2.e15]
20. Yarborough CM III, Lewis RJ, Huebner WW. Characteristics of participants and non-participants in worksite health promotion. Am J Health Promot 1996;13:99-106.
21. Grosch JW, Alterman T, Petersen MR, Murphy LR. Worksite health promotion programs in the U.S.: factors associated with availability and participation. Am J Health Promot 1998;13(1):36-45.
22. Crump CE, Earp JA, Kozma CM, Hertz-Picciotto I. Effect of organization-level variables on differential employee participation in 10 federal worksite health promotion programs. Health Educ Q 1996;2:204-223.
23. Abrams DB, Boutwell WB, Grizzle J, Heimendinger J, Sorensen G, Varnes J. Cancer control at the workplace: the Working Well Trial. Prev Med 1994;23:15-27.
24. Forkner-Dunn J. Internet-based patient self-care: the next generation of health care delivery. J Med Internet Res 2003 May 15;5(2):e8 [doi: 10.2196/jmir.5.2.e8]
25. Eysenbach G, Jadad AR. Evidence-based patient choice and consumer health informatics in the Internet age. J Med Internet Res 2001 Jun 12;3(2):E19 [doi: 10.2196/jmir.3.2.e19]