1997 Partnerships for Networked Consumer Health Information Conference

Summaries of Plenary Sessions and Breakout Sessions

Does It Work? #3: Evaluation for Media Products Designed to Alter Behavior

Wednesday, April 16, 1997
2:00 - 3:30 PM

Moderator: Linda Adler, MPH, MA, Interactive Media Technology Group, Kaiser Permanente

Speaker: John Noell, PhD, Research Scientist, Oregon Research Institute, "Formative and Outcome-Based Evaluation of Interactive Behavior Change Interventions"

Speaker: Joseph L. Fava, PhD, Research Associate Professor, Cancer Prevention Research Center, University of Rhode Island, "Applications of an Expert System Intervention for Smoking Cessation"

Speaker: Victor Strecher, PhD, MPH, Director, Cancer Prevention and Control, University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center, "Evaluating Consumer Health Informatics Programs"

Statement of Subject

When the goal is to promote healthier lifestyles, CHI applications need to be evaluated against rigorous measures. Speakers will describe methodological issues and preliminary findings of evaluation efforts.

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