"Partnering with seniors for better health": Computer use and internet health information retrieval among older adults in a low socioeconomic community

Journal of the Medical Library Association

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 12-20

  Chu, Adeline ^a   Huber, Jeffrey ^b   Mastel Smith, Beth ^a   Cesario, Sandra ^c  

^a Tobacco Policy Research Program   (United States)

^b School of Information and Library Science   (United States)

^c TEXAS WOMAN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; AGED; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COMPUTER CONFIDENCE; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTERNET; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NORMAL HUMAN; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STATUS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; COMPUTER USER TRAINING; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF EFFICACY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 58649086082     PISSN: 15365050     EISSN: 15589439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3163/1536-5050.97.1.003     Document Type: Article

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