Internet and Social Network as Health/Physical Activity Information Sources

Esteves, Dulce; Pinheiro, Paulo; O'Hara, Kelly; Brás, Rui

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The Internet increasingly serves as a platform for the delivery of health information and its potential use as health information source has been demonstrated across a wide range of conditions (Bennett & Glasgow, 2009). The Internet has been acknowledged as a valuable channel of health promotion, with information in web spread throw static health educational sites, peer support groups, online health consultations and delivery of Internet interventions (Vandelanotte, Spathonis, Eakin, & Owen, 2007). [...]

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Physical Activity information Internet Social network Promotion

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http://hdl.handle.net/10400.6/7677

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Esteves, D., Pinheiro, P., O’Hara, K., Brás, R. (2016). Internet and Social Network as Health/Physical Activity Information Sources, in The Encyclopedia of E-Health and Telemedicine, ED. IGI Global, (pp634-645)