A community-based telehealth programme for elderly low-income African Americans

Journal on Information Technology in Healthcare

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 400-412

  Buckley, Kathleen ^a   Tran, Binh ^b   Agazio, Janice ^a   Wuertz, Ellen ^c  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA   (United States)

^b Catholic University of America   (United States)

^c AUSTIN COMMUNITY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; GLUCOSE; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN A1C;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELDERLY CARE; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; PILOT STUDY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; TELEHEALTH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70350341165     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1479649X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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