Understanding attrition from international internet health interventions: A step towards global eHealth

Health Promotion International

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 442-452

  Geraghty, Adam W A ^a   Torres, Leandro D ^b   Leykin, Yan ^b   Pérez Stable, Eliseo J ^c   Muñoz, Ricardo F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

adherence; global health; internet; public health; smoking cessation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; DEPRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; MOTIVATION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; SMOKING CESSATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TELEMEDICINE; TOBACCO USE DISORDER; UTILIZATION; ADHERENCE; ARTICLE; GLOBAL HEALTH; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HEALTH; STATISTICS; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; DEPRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MOTIVATION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; SMOKING CESSATION; TELEMEDICINE; TOBACCO USE DISORDER; WORLD HEALTH;

ADHERENCE; GLOBAL HEALTH; INTERNET; PUBLIC HEALTH; SMOKING CESSATION;

EID: 84882313082     PISSN: 09574824     EISSN: 14602245     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapro/das029     Document Type: Conference Paper

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