... for treating headaches, wounds or temporarily when they are sick or have some pain, and that medicines help to ease symptoms and speed recovery. Pupils mentioned getting information about medicines from the pharmacist, the internet, the physician, as well as from medical packages. Research limitations...

...W. Brouwer; A. Oenema; R. Crutzen; J. de Nooijer; N.K. de Vries; J. Brug Purpose The purpose of this study is to explore adults' cognitive deliberations in deciding to visit an internet intervention, to extend the visit to use and process the intervention's content, and to revisit the intervention...

...Peter Paulus; Mirko Fridrici; Arnold Lohaus Purpose The purpose of this paper is to focus on the evaluation of an internet‐delivered stress‐prevention program for adolescents as a possible alternative for school‐based implementation of mental health promotion. Design/methodology/approach...

...Rik Crutzen; Jascha de Nooijer; Wendy Brouwer; Anke Oenema; Johannes Brug; Nanne K. de Vries Purpose The purpose of this paper is to gain first insight into factors which might be associated with exposure to internet‐delivered interventions. Design/methodology/approach Semi‐structured focus...

...Marsha L. Lesley; Marilyn H. Oermann; Jillon S. Vander Wal This study examined the effectiveness of using the Internet to teach consumers about quality health care, compared consumer definitions of quality health care prior to and following completion of the Internet experience, and compared...

...Mary Duffy; Erica Wimbush; Jane Reece; Douglas Eadie The Internet has revolutionised information exchange. Its rapid connection of users and materials locally and globally make it an ideal health promotion medium, for both the public and professionals. However, the mechanisms through which it might...

...‐exposure behaviour and experiences during adolescence. Focus groups involving those concerned with child sun‐safety were conducted in both Australia and the UK. In‐depth interviews with UK teenagers were used to explore their experience of the Internet and their opinions on its potential as a channel...

...‐called “information revolution” has come about, the role of CD‐ROMs, public access health information systems, and the Internet, with examples of quality Web pages listed. The article should be read by all those involved with health education as it stresses the importance of the need...