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Communicating health promotion and disease prevention information to patients via email: a review

Communicating health promotion and disease prevention information to patients via email: a review
Communicating health promotion and disease prevention information to patients via email: a review
Email could be used in primary health-care settings for delivering health promotion and disease prevention information, providing an alternative method of delivery for brief interventions. We examined the literature on the use of email for this purpose. Systematic review methodology was used. The main medical databases were searched and there were no restrictions by study design, health-care setting or population. The search identified ten relevant articles, only one of which was a randomised controlled trial. Many articles discussed the potential use of email for health promotion and disease prevention but did not provide evidence. There is much scope for further research in this area.
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172-175
Atherton, Helen
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Huckvale, Christopher
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Car, Josip
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Atherton, Helen
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Huckvale, Christopher
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Car, Josip
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Atherton, Helen, Huckvale, Christopher and Car, Josip (2010) Communicating health promotion and disease prevention information to patients via email: a review. Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare, 16 (4), 172-175. (doi:10.1258/jtt.2010.004002).

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Abstract

Email could be used in primary health-care settings for delivering health promotion and disease prevention information, providing an alternative method of delivery for brief interventions. We examined the literature on the use of email for this purpose. Systematic review methodology was used. The main medical databases were searched and there were no restrictions by study design, health-care setting or population. The search identified ten relevant articles, only one of which was a randomised controlled trial. Many articles discussed the potential use of email for health promotion and disease prevention but did not provide evidence. There is much scope for further research in this area.

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e-pub ahead of print date: 28 May 2010
Published date: June 2010

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Local EPrints ID: 487427
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/487427
ISSN: 1357-633X
PURE UUID: 8b872325-be57-4c6d-b3a3-8e62dba90e85
ORCID for Helen Atherton: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-7072-1925

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Last modified: 18 Mar 2024 04:18

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Author: Helen Atherton ORCID iD
Author: Christopher Huckvale
Author: Josip Car

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