Results suggest that a simple smartphone based intervention based on these principles is feasible and could promote healthier dietary practices".
The results suggest that a simple smartphone based intervention based on these principles is feasible and could promote healthier dietary practises.
More recent studies have found that community-based interventions based on the DPP protocol could be performed with reduced costs.
From our perspective, this is an important piece of the puzzle and should be noted if we want to design evidence-based interventions based on current scientific knowledge.
To date, a few theory-based interventions based on motivational interviewing have shown promise among HIV-positive MSM and HIV-negative heterosexuals who use methamphetamine [ 49, 50].
Our intention to contribute to the emerging field of PCC with web-based interventions based on people's experiences motivates our focus on these four aspects; however, we acknowledge the need to analyse other aspects to make the picture of web-support development as complete as possible.
In this regard, a coherent lifeworld/healthworld schema will prove integral in the primary aims of COPC not only in ensuring the congruence of formal healthcare services with community needs but also in designing and implementing community-based interventions based on in-depth assessments of community healthcare needs (25).
As McIntosh suggests this approach to the improvement of practice requires a shift from evidence-based medicine that invariably establishes a series of routines and interventions based on clinical trials to evidence based practice that is better informed by pragmatic trials [ 15].
The economic evaluation undertaken by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence on non-pharmacological interventions for weight management outside pregnancy reported that diet based interventions were cheaper than interventions based on physical activity.
The community based and directed interventions, based on distribution of drugs to endemic communities, is a demonstration of the role of the community as stewards, providers and consumers of health services.
Thus we were prompted to assess the proportion of interventions based on sound scientific base in a paediatric referral setting of a developing country.
