JMIR research protocols
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JMIR research protocols · Jan 2014
Designing clinically valuable telehealth resources: processes to develop a community-based palliative care prototype.
Changing population demography and patterns of disease are increasing demands on the health system. Telehealth is seen as providing a mechanism to support community-based care, thus reducing pressure on hospital services and supporting consumer preferences for care in the home. ⋯ The CeHRes model provided a mechanism that facilitated "better" solutions in the development of the palliative care prototype by addressing the inherent but potentially unrecognized differences in values and beliefs of participants. This collaboration enabled greater interaction and exchange among participants resulting in a more useful and clinically valuable telehealth prototype.
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JMIR research protocols · Jan 2014
Social networking versus facebook advertising to recruit survey respondents: a quasi-experimental study.
Increasingly, social contact and knowledge of other people's attitudes and behavior are mediated by online social media such as Facebook. The main research to which this recruitment study pertains investigates the influence of parents on adolescent alcohol consumption. Given the pervasiveness of online social media use, Facebook may be an effective means of recruitment and intervention delivery. ⋯ Facebook advertising is a cost-effective means of recruiting parents, a group difficult to reach by other methods.