Online health information and low-literacy African Americans

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2004, Pages

  Birru, Mehret ^a   Steinman, Richard A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

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

Author keywords

African Americans; Comprehension; Health; Health behavior; Internet; Literacy; Socioeconomic status (SES)

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INCOME; INTERNET; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; ONLINE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SOCIAL STATUS;

EID: 5444224124     PISSN: 14388871     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.6.3.e26     Document Type: Review

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