The feasibility of using facebook, craigslist, and other online strategies to recruit young african American women for a web-based healthy lifestyle behavior change intervention

Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 365-371

  Staffileno, Beth A ^a   Zschunke, Jessica ^a   Weber, Mallery ^a   Gross, Lauren E ^a   Fogg, Louis ^a   Tangney, Christy C ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

African American women; Online recruiting strategies; Web based healthy lifestyle intervention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERTISING; AFRICAN AMERICAN; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTHY LIFESTYLE; HUMAN; INTERNET; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; SOCIAL MEDIA; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ADVERTISING AS TOPIC; AFRICAN AMERICANS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTHY LIFESTYLE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; SOCIAL MEDIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84978717650     PISSN: 08894655     EISSN: 15505049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JCN.0000000000000360     Document Type: Article

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