Real-Time Social Support Through a Mobile Virtual Community to Improve Healthy Behavior in Overweight and Sedentary Adults: A Focus Group Analysis
Real-Time Social Support Through a Mobile Virtual Community to Improve Healthy Behavior in Overweight and Sedentary Adults: A Focus Group Analysis
Yoshimi Fukuoka
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, PhD, RN ;
Emiko Kamitani
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, MS, PhD Candidate ;
Kemberlee Bonnet
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, MA ;
Teri Lindgren
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, PhD, MPH, RN
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Institute for Health and Aging, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States
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Department of Community Health System, School of Nursing, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States
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Institute for Health and Aging, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States
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College of Nursing, Rutgers,, the State University of New Jersey, Newark, NJ, United States
Corresponding Author:
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Yoshimi Fukuoka, PhD, RN
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Institute for Health and Aging
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Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences
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University of California, San Francisco
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3333 California Street
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Suite340
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San Francisco, CA, 94118
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United States
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Phone:
1 415-476-8419
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Fax: 1 415-476-3915
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Email: Yoshimi.Fukuoka@ucsf.edu