Access, use and perceptions regarding Internet, cell phones and PDAs as a means for health promotion for people living with HIV in Peru

BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Curioso, Walter H ^a,b   Kurth, Ann E ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; INFORMATION; INTERNET; INTERVIEW; MALE; MOBILE PHONE; PERU; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WIRELESS COMMUNICATION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROCOMPUTER; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TELECOMMUNICATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ADULT; ANTI-RETROVIRAL AGENTS; CELLULAR PHONE; COMPUTERS, HANDHELD; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNET; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PERCEPTION; PERU; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TELECOMMUNICATIONS;

EID: 35748973852     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6947-7-24     Document Type: Article

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