JMIR - the leading OPEN ACCESS* peer-reviewed transdisciplinary journal on health and health care in the Internet age.
The new JMIR Impact Factor released in June 2008 is now 3.0! JMIR is top ranked as the #6 journal in the health sciences category (out of 57 leading journals) and #2 in the health informatics category (out of 20 journals). (Note that the #1 in this category, JAMIA, has an almost equal Impact Factor of 3.1)
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Recent Theme Issues: Theme Issue on Web-Assisted Tobacco Interventions (Iss. 5/2008), Theme Issue on Medicine 2.0 (Iss. 3/2008) - Web 2.0 Applications for Health ( in collaboration with the Medicine 2.0 conference (guest editors and sponsors wanted for future Theme Issues!).
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Rates and Determinants of Uptake and Use of an Internet Physical Activity and Weight Management Program in Office and Manufacturing Work Sites in England: Cohort Study by Lisa Jayne Ware, Robert Hurling, Ogi Bataveljic, Bruce W Fairley, Lisa L Hurst, Peter Murray, Kirsten L Rennie, Chris E Tomkins, Anne Finn, Mark R Cobain, Dympna A Pearson, John P Foreyt (Published on 31 Dec 2008) Background: Internet-based physical activity (PA) and weight management programs have the potential to improve employees' health in large occupational health settings. To be successful, the program must engage a wide range of employees, especially those at risk of weight gain or ill health. Objective: The aim of the study was to assess the use and nonuse (user attrition) of a Web-based and monitoring device-based PA and weight management program in a range of employees and to determine if engagement with the program was related to the employees' baseline characteristics or measured outcomes. Methods: Longitudinal observational study of a cohort of employees having access to the MiLife Web-based automated behavior change system. Employees were recruited from manufacturing and... |
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Utilization of Smoking Cessation Informational, Interactive, and Online Community Resources as Predictors of Abstinence: Cohort Study by Lawrence C An, Barbara A Schillo, Jessie E Saul, Ann H Wendling, Colleen M Klatt, Carla J Berg, Jasjit S Ahluwalia, Annette M Kavanaugh, Matthew Christenson, Michael G Luxenberg (Published on 20 Dec 2008) Background: The association between greater utilization of Web-assisted tobacco interventions and increased abstinence rates is well recognized. However, there is little information on how utilization of specific website features influences quitting. Objective: To determine the association between utilization of informational, interactive, and online community resources (eg. bulletin boards) and abstinence rates, with the broader objective to identify potential strategies for improving outcomes for Web-assisted tobacco interventions. Methods: In Spring 2004, a cohort of 607 quitplan.com users consented to participate in an evaluation of quitplan.com, a Minnesota branded version of QuitNet.com. We developed utilization measures for different site features: general information,... |
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