The effectiveness of loyalty rewards to promote the use of an internet-based heart health program

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Liu, Sam ^a,b   Hodgson, Corinne ^c   Zbib, Ahmad M ^d   Payne, Ada Y M ^a   Nolan, Robert P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c Corinne S Hodgson ^*  (Canada)

^d HEART AND STROKE FOUNDATION OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular risk; Internet; Prevention; Rewards

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; E-MAIL; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INTERNET; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PROCEDURES; REWARD;

ADULT; AGED; ELECTRONIC MAIL; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INTERNET; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; REWARD;

EID: 84906278594     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.3458     Document Type: Article

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