The promise and challenge of eHealth interventions
The promise and challenge of eHealth interventions
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DOI：
10.5993/ajhb.26.6.10
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发表时间：
2002-11-01
影响因子：
2.3
通讯作者：
Gold, RS
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文献类型：
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作者：
Atkinson, NL;Gold, RS
目的：探讨健康行为研究者如何利用互联网对健康行为进行研究和干预。研究方法：描述互联网如何越来越能够为健康行为干预提供一个可行的媒介，以及进行在线干预和研究所固有的挑战和机遇。结果如下：电子保健面临的挑战包括应对发展带来的额外需求，设法接触“难以接触到的”受众，以及在监测参与者使用情况的同时维护隐私和安全。结论：健康行为研究人员和干预者需要学会应用电子健康工具，以扩展他们研究和影响健康行为的能力。
Objective: To discuss how health behavior researchers can use the Internet to study and intervene on health behavior. Methods: Describe how the Internet is increasingly able to offer a viable medium for health behavior intervention and the challenges and opportunities inherent in conducting online interventions and research. Results: The challenges of eHealth include coping with the additional demands of development, finding ways to reach "hard-to-reach" audiences, and maintaining privacy and security while monitoring participant use. Conclusions: Health behavior researchers and interventionists need to learn to apply eHealth tools to extend their ability to study and influence health behavior.