The delivery of public health interventions via the internet: Actualizing their potential

Annual Review of Public Health

Volumn 30, Issue , 2009, Pages 273-292

  Bennett, Gary G ^a,b   Glasgow, Russell E ^c  

^a DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c CLINICAL RESEARCH UNIT   (United States)

Author keywords

eHealth; Health behavior; Interactive; Interactive health communication; Treatment; World wide web

Indexed keywords

HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PROMOTION; INTERNET; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL NETWORK; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNICATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNET; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 67650713941     PISSN: 01637525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.publhealth.031308.100235     Document Type: Review

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