Internet access and empowerment: A community-based health initiative

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 525-530

  Masi, Christopher M ^a   Suarez Balcazar, Yolanda ^b   Cassey, Margaret Z ^c   Kinney, Leah ^d   Piotrowski, Z Harry ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c West Suburban College of Nursing ^*  (United States)

^d United Way/Crusade of Mercy   (United States)

^e West Suburban Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Community; Empowerment; Health; Participatory; Technology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COMMUNITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HOME; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INCOME; INTERNET; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; TRAINING; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

CHICAGO; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INTERNET; POVERTY; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0042164951     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1497.2003.20344.x     Document Type: Article

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