Formative research activities to provide Web-based nutrition education to adults in the Upper Rio Grande Valley.
The Internet is a promising new tool for disseminating cancer prevention information. Barriers to full implementation include disparities in access and skill and availability of information relevant at the local level. A nutrition education Web site to promote fruit and vegetable intake is being produced for a tri-ethnic adult population in Colorado and New Mexico. Development is guided by findings from formative research including focus groups with local residents, a survey on computer and Internet use with 200 adults in 1998, an assessment of public access computer sites, and in-depth discussion with local community computer skills trainers.
Buller
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Center for Health Communication, AMC Cancer Research Center, Denver, Colorado, USA.
Woodall
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WG
Zimmerman
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DE
Heimendinger
J
J
Rogers
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Slater
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MD
Hau
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Pepper
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JI
Bartlett-Horch
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K
Burris-Woodall
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Dignan
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MB
Hines
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J
Le Blanc
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ML
D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D003120:Colorado; D003153:Community Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration; D003200:Computer User Training; D017144:Focus Groups; D005638:Fruit; D006266:Health Education / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006302:Health Services Research / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D008875:Middle Aged; D009516:New Mexico; D052756:Nutritional Sciences / Q000193:education*; D014675:Vegetables