OASIS connections: Results from an evaluation study

Gerontologist

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 712-721

  Czaja, Sara J ^a   Lee, Chin Chin ^a   Branham, Janice ^b   Remis, Peggy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b The OASIS Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Community based instruction; Computer training; Older learners

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INTERNET; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; COMPUTER USER TRAINING; COMPUTERS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84867424623     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: 17585341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/gns004     Document Type: Article

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