Stopapp: Using the behaviour change wheel to develop an app to increase uptake and attendance at NHS stop smoking services

Healthcare (Switzerland)

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2016, Pages

  Fulton, Emily Anne ^a,b   Brown, Katherine E ^a,b   Kwah, Kayleigh L ^a   Wild, Sue ^b  

^a Faculty of Health and Life Sciences   (United Kingdom)

^b WARWICKSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behaviour change; Behaviour change wheel; COM B; EReferral; Stop smoking services; Web app

Indexed keywords

EID: 84999832180     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22279032     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/healthcare4020031     Document Type: Article

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