Evaluating the effectiveness of a multimedia program on home safety

Gerontologist

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 325-334

  Sweeney, Mary Anne ^b   Chiriboga, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Strand Software   (United States)

Author keywords

Health promotion; Home safety; Touchscreen computers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BOOK; COMPACT DISK; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOME CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTELLECT; LEARNING; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MULTIMEDIA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT EDUCATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SATISFACTION; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0038795585     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/43.3.325     Document Type: Article

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