Computer-Tailored Interventions Motivating People To Adopt Health Promoting Behaviours: Introduction to a New Approach.

de Vries, Hein; Brug, Johannes

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ERIC Number: EJ598807

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1999

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Computer-Tailored Interventions Motivating People To Adopt Health Promoting Behaviours: Introduction to a New Approach.

de Vries, Hein; Brug, Johannes

Patient Education and Counseling, v36 n2 p99-105 Feb 1999

Introduces computerized tailoring and provides a brief overview of its elements and applications as well as of the papers of this issue. The articles describe the application of behavioral change theories to this new approach, advantages of computer-tailored intervention over more general mass media approaches, their effectiveness and future directions for research. (Author/GCP)

Descriptors: Behavior Change, Computer Uses in Education, Health Education, Health Promotion, Individualized Instruction, Intervention, Motivation, Program Development, Program Effectiveness

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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Note: Special Issue: "Computer-Tailored Education." For related articles, see CG 554 729-730.