Participatory design of mass health communication in three languages for seniors and people with disabilities on medicaid

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 99, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2188-2195

  Neuhauser, Linda ^a   Rothschild, Beccah ^a   Graham, Carrie ^a   Ivey, Susan L ^a   Konishi, Susana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISABILITY; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MASS COMMUNICATION; MEDICAID; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PUBLICATION; READING;

AGED; CALIFORNIA; COMMUNICATION; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; DISABLED PERSONS; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MASS MEDIA; MEDICAID; MEDICARE PART C; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 72249096306     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2008.155648     Document Type: Article

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