Development of Review Criteria to Evaluate Health Behavior Change Websites
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A growing number of major health care organizations, such as the American Heart Association and the Mayo Clinic, are investing considerable resources in developing and marketing Internet-based programs for health promotion and disease management. These programs have the potential to provide some of the best-tailored interventions in behavior change science at relatively low costs. This report discusses review criteria developed in order to conduct a systematic evaluation of Internet programs for preventive behaviors (alcohol, diet, exercise and smoking) and disease management (pediatric asthma, depression and diabetes.) These criteria can be used to develop and evaluate the quality of health promotion programs on the Internet.
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- Authors
- Cummins, C. O., Prochaska, J. O., Driskell, M.-M., Evers, K. E., Wright, J. A., Prochaska, J. M., & Velicer, W. F.
- Affiliations
- Pro Change Behavior Systems (United States) (US)
- Corresponding author
- Cummins, Carol O.
- Venue
- Journal of Health Psychology
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2003-01
- Volume
- 8
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 55-62
- ISSN
- 1359-1053 (ISSN-L)
- 1461-7277
- OpenAlex
- W2077056348
- Cited by
- 33
- References
- 12
- Citations by year
- 2021: 4 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 2 · 2017: 1 · 2015: 2 · 2013: 2 · 2012: 2
- FWCI
- 7.07
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Journal of Health Psychology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- University of Michigan
- College of Pharmacy, University of Michigan
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Health Literacy and Information Accessibility
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Digital Mental Health Interventions
- Keywords
- health behavior change, website evaluation criteria, health promotion, disease management, preventive behavior, alcohol, diet, physical activity, smoking, childhood asthma, depression, diabetes mellitus, program quality
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