Public Health Informatics: The Nature of the Field and Its Relevance to Health Promotion Practice

被引：12
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作者：
Kukafka, Rita [1 ]
机构：
[1] Columbia Univ, Mailman Sch Publ Hlth, Dept Bio Med Informat & Socio Med Sci, New York, NY 10027 USA
来源：
HEALTH PROMOTION PRACTICE | 2005年 / 6卷 / 01期
关键词：
health promotion; public health informatics; information services; medical informatics; health behavior; Internet;
D O I：
10.1177/1524839904270389
中图分类号：
R1 [预防医学、卫生学];
学科分类号：
1004 ; 120402 ;
摘要：
The purpose of this article is to introduce the relatively new field of public health informatics and provide examples of how informatics is currently being applied to health promotion activities. Additionally, the article illustrates how informatics is well positioned to play a central role and is likely to be central to disease prevention, health education, and health promotion as it will be practiced in the future.
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页数：6
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