HealthLine--a telephone health information and promotion service in Singapore
Vijayalakshmi, K.; Lam, S.L.
Singapore Medical Journal 40(7): 483-486
1999
ISSN/ISBN: 0037-5675 PMID: 10560277 Document Number: 506695
HealthLine is a toll-free telephone information service on healthy living. Provided by Singapore's Ministry of Health, it augments national health promotion programmes and simultaneously feels the pulse of the common health concerns of the population. The development of the telephone information service is described and the ease of the use of telecommunication in the provision of health information and promotion is highlighted in the paper.
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