Bridging the digital divide in diabetes: Family support and implications for health literacy

Diabetes Technology and Therapeutics

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1005-1012

  Mayberry, Lindsay S ^a   Kripalani, Sunil ^a   Rothman, Russell L ^a   Osborn, Chandra Y ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FAMILY ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; PATIENT WEB PORTAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SUPPORT GROUP;

COMPUTER LITERACY; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 80053400192     PISSN: 15209156     EISSN: 15578593     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/dia.2011.0055     Document Type: Article

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