Parity in computer-based health education: Designing culturally relevant Alzheimer's disease information

Health Informatics Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 211-224

  Tarlow, Barbara J ^a   Mahoney, Diane F ^a  

^a MGH INSTITUTE OF HEALTH PROFESSIONS   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer assisted instruction; Cultural competence; Health education; Information and communication technology; Minority aging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; CHINESE; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDUCATION PROGRAM; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERNET; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RACE;

EID: 25144437622     PISSN: 14604582     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1460458205055687     Document Type: Article

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