Surfing depth on a behaviour change website: Predictors and effects on behaviour

Informatics for Health and Social Care

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 41-52

  Jacobs, Nele ^a   De Bourdeaudhuij, Ilse ^b   Claes, Neree ^a  

^a HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

behaviour change; feedback; surfing depth; Website use

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; E-MAIL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXERCISE; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADULT; DIETARY FATS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ELECTRONIC MAIL; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 77956052706     PISSN: 17538157     EISSN: 17538165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17538157.2010.492922     Document Type: Article

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