The digital divide and Urban older adults

CIN - Computers Informatics Nursing

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 88-94

  Cresci, M Kay ^a   Yarandi, Hossein N ^a   Morrell, Roger W ^b  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HUMAN RESOURCES RESEARCH ORGANIZATION   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Aging; Computer use; Elderly; Gerontology; Healthcare; Inner city; Internet; Older adults; Social support; Urban

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INTERNET; MALE; MASS COMMUNICATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; COMPUTER LITERACY; COMPUTER USER TRAINING; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERNET; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MICHIGAN; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 77649147249     PISSN: 15382931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NCN.0b013e3181cd8184     Document Type: Article

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