Hispanic migrant farm workers' attitudes toward mobile phone-based telehealth for management of chronic health conditions

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Price, Matthew ^a   Williamson, Deborah ^b   McCandless, Romina ^b   Mueller, Martina ^b   Gregoski, Mathew ^b   Brunner Jackson, Brenda ^b   Treiber, Eveline ^c   Davidson, Lydia ^c   Treiber, Frank ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c School of Business   (United States)

Author keywords

Health care disparities; Hypertension; Mobile phone; Rural health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIGRATION; MOBILE PHONE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TELEMEDICINE; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

HEALTH CARE DISPARITIES; HYPERTENSION; MOBILE PHONE; RURAL HEALTH;

ADULT; AGRICULTURE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CELLULAR PHONE; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; SOUTH CAROLINA; TELEMEDICINE; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84877324544     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.2500     Document Type: Article

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