An mHealth model to increase clinic attendance for breast symptoms in rural Bangladesh: Can bridging the digital divide help close the cancer divide?

Oncologist

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 177-185

  Ginsburg, Ophira M ^a   Chowdhury, Mridul ^b   Wu, Wei ^a   Chowdhury, Touhidul Imran ^b   Pal, Bidhan Chandra ^b   Hasan, Rifat ^b   Khan, Zahid H ^c   Dutta, Dali ^a   Saeem, Arif Abu ^b   Al Mansur, Raiyan ^c   Mahmud, Sahin ^b   Woods, James H ^d   Story, Heather H ^d   Salim, Reza ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b mPower Social Enterprises   (Bangladesh)

^c Amader Gram Breast Care Program   (Bangladesh)

^d International Breast Cancer Research Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Community health workers; Health promotion; Patient navigation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; BREAST EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; MOBILE PHONE; MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RURAL POPULATION; SMART PHONE; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; BREAST DISEASES; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BANGLADESH; BREAST DISEASES; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CELL PHONES; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RURAL POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84894053285     PISSN: 10837159     EISSN: 1549490X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1634/theoncologist.2013-0314     Document Type: Article

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