The link between information and communication technologies and global public health: Pushing forward

Telemedicine and e-Health

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 879-887

  Cabieses, Baltica ^a,b   Faba, Gladys ^c   Espinoza, Manuel ^d,e   Santorelli, Gillian ^f  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DEL DESARROLLO   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

^d PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^e Institute of Public Health of Chile   (Chile)

^f BRADFORD INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

E health; Policy; Telehealth

Indexed keywords

EHEALTH; GLOBAL COOPERATION; GLOBAL PUBLIC HEALTH; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; TELEHEALTH; THERAPEUTIC INTERVENTION; TYPE 2 DIABETES MELLITUS;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MEDICAL COMPUTING; PUBLIC POLICY;

PUBLIC HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MALARIA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; TELEMEDICINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALARIA; MALE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTORS; TELEMEDICINE; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 84887367115     PISSN: 15305627     EISSN: 15563669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/tmj.2012.0232     Document Type: Article

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