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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Recent Articles
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A Digital Smoking Cessation Program Delivered Through Internet and Cell Phone Without Nicotine Replacement (Happy Ending): Randomized Controlled Trial by Håvar Brendryen, MSc, Filip Drozd, MPhil, Pål Kraft, PhD (Published on 28 Nov 2008) Background: Happy Ending (HE) is an intense 1-year smoking cessation program delivered via the Internet and cell phone. HE consists of more than 400 contacts by email, Web pages, interactive voice response, and short message service technology. HE includes a craving helpline and a relapse prevention system, providing just-in-time therapy. All the components of the program are fully automated. Objective: The objectives were to describe the rationale for the design of HE, to assess the 12-month efficacy of HE in a sample of smokers willing to attempt to quit without the use of nicotine replacement therapy, and to explore the potential effect of HE on coping planning and self-efficacy (prior to quitting) and whether coping planning and self-efficacy mediate treatment effect. Methods: A... |
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Use of an Internet “Viral” Marketing Software Platform in Health Promotion by Pierre Gosselin, Philippe Poitras (Published on 26 Nov 2008) Background: Health-related websites have become a common tool for public health authorities to inform the general public of their health promotion information and programs. However, building traffic in the cluttered health Internet universe is becoming increasingly complex, costly, and challenging for governmental health promotion websites. In 2006, the Canadian Health Network (CHN), a cooperative program made up of the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) and some 20 health non-governmental organizations (NGOs), was looking for an affordable marketing tool for the promotion of its website and contents to specific populations. Objective: To test new and innovative marketing tools for a health promotion website in Canada. Methods: Within the context and constraints of a governmental... |
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