Process Evaluation of Healthy Living Website for Children

摘要

The use of Internet technology is gaining popularity as an effective medium for delivering health-related information and promoting healthy behavior. Web-based technology has particularly shown its potential to deliver health care at a distance. The aim of this paper is to evaluate user perception and usage patterns of a healthy living website to improve health knowledge and promote healthy lifestyles, namely healthy eating and exercise habits among children. The website was evaluated over the course of an 8-week trial of school-aged children, who were randomly allocated into an intervention group. Overall, the findings of the study indicated that the website was moderately acceptable to the participants, however, the frequency of the website usage was low.