Caroline Free

9.5k citations
139 papers · 6.5k indexed · 3 hit papers · h-index 35

Impact in

    • Digital Mental Health Interventions
    • Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
    • Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
    • Health Literacy and Information Accessibility

Papers in

Caroline Free

133 papers receiving 6.2k citations

Hit Papers

The Effectiveness of Mobile-Health Technology-Based Health Behaviour Change or Disease Management Interventions for Health Care Consumers: A Systematic Review 2013 · 1.3k citations
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Peers

Caroline Free
Comparison fields: 5 of 166
  • Applied Psychology 1.3k
  • General Health Professions 4.4k
  • Family Practice 264
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1.4k
  • Health 365
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Fields of papers citing papers by Caroline Free

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All Works

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THE SEXUNZIPPED WEBSITE FOR SEXUAL WELLBEING FOR YOUNG PEOPLE: EARLY RESULTS OF A PILOT ONLINE RCT
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About Caroline Free

Caroline Free is a scholar working on Family Practice, Applied Psychology, General Health Professions, Obstetrics and Gynecology and Health, having authored 139 papers that have together received 6.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Mobile Health and mHealth Applications (63 papers), Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (62 papers), Reproductive Health and Contraception (22 papers), Digital Mental Health Interventions (18 papers), Global Maternal and Child Health (18 papers), HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (15 papers), Smoking Behavior and Cessation (10 papers) and Medication Adherence and Compliance (10 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Applied Psychology (1.3k citations), General Health Professions (4.4k citations), Family Practice (264 citations), Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health (1.4k citations) and Health (365 citations). Caroline Free has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Japan. Frequent co-authors include Phil Edwards, Lambert Felix, Vikram Patel, Gemma Phillips, Andy Haines, L. Watson, Robyn Whittaker, Ian Roberts, Rochelle Knight and Anthony Rodgers. Their work appears in journals such as BMJ Open, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Trials, BMJ Sexual & Reproductive Health and BMC Public Health.

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