Effects of an eHealth literacy intervention for older adults

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Xie, Bo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Aged; Health literacy; Lifelong learning; Technology

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COOPERATION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMAN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INTERNET; LEARNING; LIBRARY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TELEMEDICINE; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; COMPUTER LITERACY; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; INTERNET; LEARNING; LIBRARIES; MALE; MARYLAND; MIDDLE AGED; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 81855173607     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.1880     Document Type: Article

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