The Internet and Health in Brazil

Front Matter ....Pages i-xxxviii
 The Internet and Health in Brazil: Trends and Challenges  (André Pereira Neto, Matthew B. Flynn)....Pages 1-11
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 An Introduction to the History of the Internet: A Brazilian Perspective  (Dilton C. S. Maynard)....Pages 15-26
 The Brazilian Civil Rights Framework for the Internet: A Pioneering Experience in Internet Governance  (Rosemary Segurado)....Pages 27-45
 Piraí Digital: A Pioneering Experience in Digital Inclusion  (Wilson Couto Borges, Estélio Gomberg, Vânia Coutinho Q. Borges)....Pages 47-64
 Civil Society and Online Citizen Participation: A Case Study of the Nossas Cidades Network  (Claudio Luis de Camargo Penteado, Marcelo Burgos Pimentel dos Santos, Rafael de Paula Aguiar Araújo)....Pages 65-84
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 Internet, Expert Patient, and Empowerment: Activity Profiles in Virtual Communities of Chronic Kidney Patients  (André Pereira Neto, Julyane Felipette Lima, Leticia Barbosa, Eda Schwartz)....Pages 87-111
 Digital Natives and Health: An Exploratory Study with Young Brazilians of Different Socioeconomic Profiles  (André Pereira Neto, Leticia Barbosa, Larissa Barão, Stephanie Muci)....Pages 113-140
 Access and Use of Information and Communication Technologies to Promote Active Ageing: For What? For Whom?  (Wilson José Alves Pedro, Márcia Niituma Ogata, Heloísa Cristina Figueiredo Frizzo, Ariadne Chloe Furnival, Brunela Della Maggiori Orlandi)....Pages 141-161
 Health in the Social Network: An Exploratory Study of the Fan Page “Melhor com Saúde” (“Better with Health”)  (Denise Cristina Ayres Gomes)....Pages 163-178
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 Evaluation of the Quality of Health Information on the Internet: An Analysis of Brazillian Initiatives  (André Pereira Neto, Rodolfo Paolucci)....Pages 181-209
 Children and Adolescents on the Internet: A Current Profile of Risks in Brazil  (Evelyn Eisenstein, Eduardo Jorge Custódio da Silva)....Pages 211-224
 Bullying and Cyberbullying: Conceptual Controversy in Brazil  (André Pereira Neto, Leticia Barbosa)....Pages 225-249
 Brazil and the US Internet-Based Medicines  (Matthew B. Flynn, Tiago Coutinho, Vera Lucia Luiza)....Pages 251-271
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 E-Learning and Problematizing Pedagogies: A Brazilian Experience in Monitoring and Evaluation Teaching  (Elizabeth Moreira dos Santos, Gisela Cardoso, Dolores Abreu)....Pages 275-295
 Massive Open Online Health Courses (MOOCs): Brazilian Initiatives  (Liara Saldanha Brites, Cristianne Maria Famer Rocha)....Pages 297-311
 Digital Interactive Education and Educational Resources for Enhancing the Training of Health Professional: 20 Years of Experience in the Discipline of Telemedicine in the Pathology Department at the University of São Paulo Medical School (1997–2017)  (Lung Wen Chao, Maíra Lie Chao)....Pages 313-329
 Digital Inclusion of Health Workers in Goiás State: An Account of an Educational Initiative  (Ana Valéria M. Mendonça, Elizabeth Alves de Jesus Prado, Natália Fernandes Andrade, Donizete Moreira, João Paulo Fernandes da Silva, Maria Fátima de Sousa)....Pages 331-343
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 mHealth: Smart Wearable Devices and the Challenges of a Refractory Context  (Thiago Augusto Hernandes Rocha, Nubia Cristina da Silva, Allan Claudius Queiroz Barbosa, Cyrus Elahi, João Ricardo Nickenig Vissoci)....Pages 347-367
 The Use of Information and Communication Technologies in Health Promotion: Brazilian Initiatives  (André Pereira Neto, Celita Almeida Rosário, Zélia Andrade, Lise Renaud)....Pages 369-393
 Games and Health Communication: Brazilian Players’ Point of View  (Marcelo Simão de Vasconcellos, Flávia Garcia de Carvalho, Inesita Soares de Araujo)....Pages 395-413
 “Move and Be Healthy!”: Performative Sensibility and Body Experiences Mediated by Wearable Devices in Brazil  (André Lemos, Elias Bitencourt)....Pages 415-434
 The Future of Healthcare: The Impact of Digitalization on Healthcare Services Performance  (Luís Velez Lapão)....Pages 435-449
Back Matter ....Pages 451-459