The influence of social networking sites on health behavior change: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 243-256

  Laranjo, Liliana ^a   Arguel, Amaël ^b   Neves, Ana L ^c   Gallagher, Aideen M ^d   Kaplan, Ruth ^e   Mortimer, Nathan ^d   Mendes, Guilherme A ^f   Lau, Annie Y S ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c University of Porto   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^e ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN   (Australia)

^f ACES Estuário do Tejo   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Behavior change; Consumer health; Social media; Social network; Social networking site

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CHANGE THEORY; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONSUMER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; PUBLISHING; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL NETWORK; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; PROCEDURES;

CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL NETWORKING;

EID: 84929231871     PISSN: 10675027     EISSN: 1527974X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/amiajnl-2014-002841     Document Type: Review

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