Opportunities for engaging low-income, vulnerable populations in health care: A systematic review of homeless persons' access to and use of information technologies

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 103, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2013, Pages

  McInnes, D Keith ^a,b   Li, Alice E ^d   Hogan, Timothy P ^a,c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d AMHERST COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH STATUS; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; INTERNET; MOBILE PHONE; POVERTY; REVIEW; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VULNERABLE POPULATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CELLULAR PHONE; COMPUTERS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; INTERNET; POVERTY; UNITED STATES; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS; CELL PHONES;

EID: 84888255295     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2013.301623     Document Type: Review

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