Tailored DVDs: A novel strategy for educating racially and ethnically diverse older adults about their medicines

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 81, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 852-860

  Lapane, Kate L ^a   Goldman, Roberta E ^b,c   Quilliam, Brian J ^d   Hume, Anne L ^c,d   Eaton, Charles B ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Brown University Center for Primary Care and Prevention   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Elderly; Health information technology; Medication information

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY CENTERS; DVD PLAYERS; EDUCATION MATERIAL; ELDERLY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS; HEALTH INFORMATIONS; INFORMATION NEED; INTERNET LINKS; IT APPLICATIONS; MEDICATION INFORMATION; NOVEL STRATEGIES; OLDER ADULTS; PATIENT-PROVIDER COMMUNICATION; PRINT MATERIALS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TELEPHONE SURVEY;

DATA STORAGE EQUIPMENT; HEALTH CARE; MEDICAL COMPUTING; MEDICINE; TELEVISION APPLICATIONS; VIDEODISKS;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

AGED; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; ETHNICITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFORMATION SERVICE; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); UNITED STATES; VIDEOTAPE; VIGNETTE;

ADULT; AGED; COMMUNICATION; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; ETHNIC GROUPS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALIZED MEDICINE; INTERNET; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MIDDLE AGED; VIDEODISC RECORDING;

EID: 84870548277     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: 18728243     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2012.09.007     Document Type: Article

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