Computer and internet use among urban African Americans with type 2 diabetes

Journal of Urban Health

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 575-583

  Jackson, Chandra L ^a   Batts Turner, Marian L ^b   Falb, Matthew D ^c   Yeh, Hsin Chieh ^a   Brancati, Frederick L ^a,b   Gary, Tiffany L ^a,d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Computer; Internet; Survey; Type 2 diabetes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; COMPUTER PROGRAM; FAMILY; FEMALE; FRIEND; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH SCHOOL; HOME; HUMAN; INCOME; INTERNET; LEARNING; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCIENCE; SELF CARE; SELF REPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; TELEPHONE; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; COMPUTERS; DATA COLLECTION; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS;

EID: 28744456879     PISSN: 10993460     EISSN: 14682869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jurban/jti126     Document Type: Review

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