Shahab, L;
Brown, J;
Gardner, B;
Smith, SG;
(2014)
Seeking health information and support online: does it differ as a function of engagement in risky health behaviors? Evidence from the health information national trends survey.
J Med Internet Res
, 16
(11)
, Article e253. 10.2196/jmir.3368.
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Abstract
The Internet is an important tool to deliver health behavior interventions, yet little is known about Internet access and use of health-related information, or support, by the intended intervention recipients.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Seeking health information and support online: does it differ as a function of engagement in risky health behaviors? Evidence from the health information national trends survey. |
| Location: | Canada |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.2196/jmir.3368 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/jmir.3368 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Copyright ©Lion Shahab, Jamie Brown, Benjamin Gardner, Samuel George Smith. Originally published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research (http://www.jmir.org), 06.11.2014. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work, first published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research, is properly cited. |
| Keywords: | Internet-based intervention, health information and national trends survey (HINTS), health-risk behavior, information seeking, online support |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute of Epidemiology and Health UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute of Epidemiology and Health > Behavioural Science and Health UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute of Epidemiology and Health > Epidemiology and Public Health |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1450865 |
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