Wendy Brouwer defends her doctoral thesis on exposure to internet health promotion interventions

Today, Dr. wendy Brouwer defended her doctoral thesis on exposure to internet-delivered interventions aiming to promote health behaviors, such as healthy eating, non smoking and physical activity. Her thesis research shows that characteristics of the users predict whether they will go to a health promotion website, but that characteristics of the intervention are crucial predictors of really using the web-based intervention and staying long enough to get exposed to the health promotion information and feedback. Major parts of her research are published in scientific journals such as the Journal of Medical Internet Research and Health Education Research.