Published on in Vol 13, No 3 (2011): Jul-Sep

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

Real-Time Social Support Through a Mobile Virtual Community to Improve Healthy Behavior in Overweight and Sedentary Adults: A Focus Group Analysis

Yoshimi Fukuoka   1 , PhD, RN ;   Emiko Kamitani   2 , MS, PhD Candidate ;   Kemberlee Bonnet   3 , MA ;   Teri Lindgren   4 , PhD, MPH, RN

1 Institute for Health and Aging, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States

2 Department of Community Health System, School of Nursing, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States

3 Institute for Health and Aging, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States

4 College of Nursing, Rutgers,, the State University of New Jersey, Newark, NJ, United States

Corresponding Author:

  • Yoshimi Fukuoka, PhD, RN
  • Institute for Health and Aging
  • Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • University of California, San Francisco
  • 3333 California Street
  • Suite340
  • San Francisco, CA, 94118
  • United States
  • Phone: 1 415-476-8419
  • Fax: 1 415-476-3915
  • Email: Yoshimi.Fukuoka@ucsf.edu