TY  - JOUR
AU  - Whitten, Pamela
AU  - Kreps, Gary L
AU  - Eastin, Matthew S
PY  - 2005
DA  - 2005/7/1
TI  - Creating a Framework for Online Cancer Services Research to Facilitate Timely and Interdisciplinary Applications
JO  - J Med Internet Res
SP  - e34
VL  - 7
IS  - 3
KW  - Online information services
KW  - cancer communication
KW  - health outcomes
KW  - behavior change
KW  - cancer survivorship
AB  - Researchers from a wide array of disciplines have conducted engaging and informative studies in recent years concerning the use of the Internet for cancer-related services. Typically, these publications provide key data related to utilization statistics, how online information can be used, what users want or expect from the Internet, outcomes or impacts, and quality and credibility of websites. These are important themes for understanding online cancer issues. However, this special issue of the Journal of Medical Internet Research seeks to recast these themes in a way that will facilitate pragmatic and applied means of employing data in prescriptive and interdisciplinary ways. This issue includes 14 papers that exemplify applications for the research framework recommended in this paper. This framework includes an expanded focus on the development and design of online cancer services, online consumer behavior/communication, behavior change, and living with cancer. 
SN  - 1438-8871
UR  - http://www.jmir.org/2005/2/e34/
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2196/jmir.7.3.e34
UR  - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15998625
DO  - 10.2196/jmir.7.3.e34
ID  - info:doi/10.2196/jmir.7.3.e34
ER  -