Views of people with high and low levels of health literacy about a digital intervention to promote physical activity for diabetes:a qualitative study in five countries

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2015, Pages

  Rowsell, Alison ^a   Muller, Ingrid ^a,b   Murray, Elizabeth ^c   Little, Paul ^b   Byrne, Christopher D ^b,d   Ganahl, Kristin ^e   Müller, Gabriele ^f   Gibney, Sarah ^g   Lyles, Courtney R ^h   Lucas, Antonia ^a   Nutbeam, Don ^a   Yardley, Lucy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust   (United Kingdom)

^e LUDWIG BOLTZMANN INSTITUTE FOR LUNG VASCULAR RESEARCH   (Austria)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CARL GUSTAV CARUS   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Digital intervention; Health literacy; Physical activity; Qualitative

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL; EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STANDARDS;

ADULT; AGED; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; EARLY INTERVENTION (EDUCATION); FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 84946720695     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.4999     Document Type: Article

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