Human information behaviour and physiological measurements as a basis to tailor health information. An explorative study in a physical activity intervention among prediabetic individuals in Northern Finland

Health Information and Libraries Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 131-140

  Enwald, Heidi P K ^a   Niemelä, Raimo M ^a   Keinänen Kiukaanniemi, Sirkka ^a   Leppäluoto, Juhani ^a   Jämsä, Timo ^a   Herzig, Karl Heinz ^a,b   Oinas Kukkonen, Harri ^a   Huotari, Maija Leena A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Consumer health information; Health education; Health information needs; Information seeking behaviour; Library and information studies; Preventive medicine; Quantitative; Research

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; FEMALE; FINLAND; FITNESS; HUMAN; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; STATISTICS;

BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDIABETIC STATE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF REPORT; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84861593808     PISSN: 14711834     EISSN: 14711842     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-1842.2011.00968.x     Document Type: Article

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