Role of Internet & web portals on promoting health

1. • Role of Internet & web portals on promoting
health
Sanjaya Regmi
Mph
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2. INTERNET
The Internet is a global system of
interconnected computer networks that use the
standard Internet protocol suit to link several
billion devices worldwide. It is a network of
networks that consists of millions of private, public,
academic, business, and government networks, of
local to global scope, that are linked by a broad
array of electronic, wireless, and optical networking
technologies.

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Web portal
• A web portal is most often one specially-
designed Web page at a website which
brings information together from diverse
sources in a uniform way.

4. World internet user statistics
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5. Overall internet users in India
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6. Use of internet in health
promotion
1. Professional development
2. A research tool for a variety of studies
3. Internet as an intervention channel.
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7. Professional development
Professional online health courses for
health for health promotion.
 Several published studies have examined
the use of the Internet for distance
learning and continuing education
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9. A research tool for a variety of
studies
• The use of Internet-based surveys has
been the focus of design studies, as well
as studies aiming to reach specific
populations
• Data collection
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10. Internet as an intervention
channel
• e distribution of health information, as well
as interventions or applications aimed at
helping individuals make changes in their
health
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16. Reference
• techcircle.vccircle.com
• wikipedia.org
• http://web.clas.ufl.edu
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