An Evaluation of Community Health Center Adoption of Online Health Information

Health Promotion Practice

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 59-67

  Martinez, Meredith A ^a   Kind, Terry ^b   Pezo, Eduardo ^c   Pomerantz, Karyn L ^d  

^a Minnesota Department of Human Services   (United States)

^b CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

community health centers; health care providers; information seeking behaviors; online health information; program evaluation

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; INTERNET; INTERVIEW; MALE; MASS COMMUNICATION; UNITED STATES;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; PROGRAM EVALUATION;

EID: 40649122559     PISSN: 15248399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1524839906294804     Document Type: Article

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