Extending the reach of health care for obesity and diabetes using virtual worlds

Journal of Diabetes Science and Technology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 272-276

  Morie, Jacquelyn Ford ^a   Chance, Eric ^a  

^a University of Southern California   (United States)

Author keywords

Avatars; Health; Networking; Proteus effect; Social; Virtual worlds

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIABETES MELLITUS; EXPECTATION; FEAR; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; MINDFULNESS BASED STRESS REDUCTION; OBESITY; SOCIAL STIGMA; STRESS MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES; VETERAN; VIRTUAL REALITY; WEBCAST; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; UNIVERSITY;

BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CALIFORNIA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; OBESITY; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITIES; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; VETERANS;

EID: 84857980705     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19322968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/193229681100500211     Document Type: Conference Paper

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