The person-based approach to intervention development: Application to digital health-related behavior change interventions

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2015, Pages e30-

  Yardley, Lucy ^a   Morrison, Leanne ^a   Bradbury, Katherine ^a   Muller, Ingrid ^a,b  

^a Faculty of Physical and Applied Sciences   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behavior change; Evaluation studies; Feasibility studies; Health promotion; Internet; Patient education; Person based approach; Professional education; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERNET; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PROCEDURES; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF CARE;

HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTERNET; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF CARE;

EID: 84922326554     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.4055     Document Type: Article

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