Are we there yet? An examination of online tailored health communication

Health Education and Behavior

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 278-288

  Suggs, L Suzanne ^a   McIntyre, Chris ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LUGANO   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

Content analysis; Health communication; Health education; Tailoring; Web

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERNET; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT;

COMMUNICATION; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTERNET; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 63849319505     PISSN: 10901981     EISSN: 15526127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1090198107303309     Document Type: Article

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