Usage of an online healthy lifestyle program by pregnant women attending midwifery practices in Amsterdam

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 552-557

  van Zutphen, Moniek ^a   Milder, Ivon E ^a   Bemelmans, Wanda J ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dropouts; Health promotion; Internet; Pregnant women; Reach; Recruitment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; INTERNET; LIFESTYLE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MIDWIFE; NETHERLANDS; ONLINE MONITORING; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INTERNET; LIFE STYLE; MIDWIFERY; NETHERLANDS; PILOT PROJECTS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL MARKETING;

EID: 44949110084     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2008.01.003     Document Type: Article

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