Health Empowerment Technologies (HET): Building a web- based tool to empower older African American patient - Doctor relationships

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 24, Issue 4 SUPPL., 2013, Pages 106-117

  Winbush, Greta Berry ^a   McDougle, Leon ^b   Labranche, Lynda ^c   Khan, Sidra ^c   Tolliver, Sophia ^c  

^a CENTRAL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

E health information; Health disparities; Health empowerment; Health empowerment technology; Minority health care outcomes; Older African American patients; Patient doctor relationship empowerment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; BLACK PERSON; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNET; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MIDDLE AGED; OHIO; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84887780682     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: 15486869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.2014.0017     Document Type: Article

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