title: Formative research activities to provide Web-based nutrition education to adults in the Upper Rio Grande Valley.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Center for Health Communication, AMC Cancer Research Center, Denver, Colorado, USA.
authors.forename: D B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Buller
authors.forename: W G
authors.initials: WG
authors.lastname: Woodall
authors.forename: D E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Zimmerman
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Heimendinger
authors.forename: E M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Rogers
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Slater
authors.forename: B A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Hau
authors.forename: J I
authors.initials: JI
authors.lastname: Pepper
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Bartlett-Horch
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Burris-Woodall
authors.forename: M B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Dignan
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hines
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Le Blanc
mesh_terms: 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