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• Role of Internet & web portals on promoting health

Sanjaya Regmi Mph

INTERNETThe 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.

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World internet user statistics

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Overall internet users in India

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Use of internet in health promotion

1. Professional development2. A research tool for a variety of studies3. Internet as an intervention channel.

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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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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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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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Reference

• techcircle.vccircle.com• wikipedia.org• http://web.clas.ufl.edu

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