Developing health promotion interventions on social networking sites: Recommendations from the FaceSpace Project

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Gold, Judy ^a,b   Pedrana, Alisa E ^a,b   Stoove, Mark A ^a,b   Chang, Shanton ^c   Howard, Steve ^c   Asselin, Jason ^d   Ilic, Olivia ^e   Batrouney, Colin ^d   Hellard, Margaret E ^a,b,c  

^a BURNET INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d Victorian AIDS Council/Gay Men's Health Centre   (Australia)

^e X:MACHINE Productions   (Australia)

Author keywords

Health promotion; Internet; Social networking sites

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84860575089     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.1875     Document Type: Review

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