Bridging the digital divide by increasing computer and cancer literacy: Community technology centers for head-start parents and families

Journal of Health Communication

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 228-245

  Salovey, Peter ^a   Williams Piehota, Pamela ^a   Mowad, Linda ^b   Moret, Marta Elisa ^c   Edlund, Denielle ^a   Andersen, Judith ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c Urban Policy Strategies LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CANCER RESEARCH; COMPUTER SYSTEM; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FAMILY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INTERNET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNOLOGY;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; COMPUTER LITERACY; EARLY INTERVENTION (EDUCATION); FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PARENTS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67651122880     PISSN: 10810730     EISSN: 10870415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10810730902805804     Document Type: Article

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