Monograph "Health Interventions on the Internet"
The online tobacco addiction treatment unit "Life without Tobacco"
Mónica Quesada (monica@vidasintabaco.com)
Psychologist in the Tobacco Addiction Unit at Madrid�s Carlos III Hospital
Isabel Fletes
Beatriz Sánchez
José María Carreras
Leopoldo Sánchez
abstract
Most smokers want to give up. An important percentage of them try without any kind of professional help, which often leads to a high number of relapses. One of the main reasons for these attempts without treatment is due to the frequent lack of access to such treatment. However, the progress seen in new technology has led to an increase in research and creation of remote tobacco addiction treatment programmes, with Internet being one of the frameworks offering the best prospects in this field. Thus, and based on a depth of prior experience in face-to-face treatments and a previous remote treatment project through the service's own quitline, the Tobacco Addiction Unit at Carlos III Hospital developed the Online Tobacco Addiction Unit "Life without Tobacco"; the start-up, methodology and results of which are presented in this article.
keywords
Internet, cognitive behavioural techniques, remote programmes, tobacco addiction
Submission date:
December 2006
Published in:
March 2007
editorial
The use of the Internet in healthcare, focus of a new section: the dossier
in-depth
Cybertext challenge: teaching literature in the digital world, by Raine Koskimaa. Presentation by Laura Borràs
dossier
Health interventions on the Internet, coordinated by E. Hernández and B. Gómez-Zúñiga
Introduction: A study of health interventions on the Internet, by E. Hernández and B. Gómez-Zúñiga
- Experiences in online intervention in one field: tobacco addiction, by J.M. Suelves
- Experiences of hybrid-design online interventions, by M. Armayones and N. Guillamón
- Health portals, by P. Roqué
Conclusions: State of the art and prospects for the future, by M. Pousada, L. Valiente and M. Boixadós
miscellany
Hacia una nueva concepción de los estudios literarios en el espacio europeo de enseñanza superior (EHEA), by Laura Borràs
R&D, innovation and public policy: towards a new economic policy for innovation, by Maria Callejón
analysis and debate
A bibliographic review of relations between literature and technology. The state of the art at Spanish universities, by Joan-Elies Adell
Greening-Turisme: a platform for exchanging knowledge geared towards the dissemination of sustainable tourism through ICTs, by F. González, O. Miralbell, M. G. Nel·lo and F. Romagosa
reviews
Didáctica universitaria en entornos virtuales de enseñanza aprendizaje, by G. Bautista, F. Borges and A. Forés. By Enric Serradell
selection of books
ANDERSON, C. (2006). The Long Tail: Why the Future of Business Is Selling Less of More
GUPTA, D.K. (2006). Marketing Library and Information Services: International Perspectives
JENKINS, H. (2006). Convergence Culture: Where Old and New Media Collide
JENKINS, H. (2006). Fans, Bloggers, and Gamers: Exploring Participatory Culture
MENGIN, F. (2004). Cyber China: Reshaping National Identities in the Ages of Information
MURERO, M. (2006). The Internet and Health Care: Theory, Research, and Practice
WHITE, M. (2006). The Body and the Screen: Theories of Internet Spectatorship
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