Opportunities and challenges of using technology to address health disparities

Future Oncology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 519-522

  Rivers, Brian M ^a   Bernhardt, Jay M ^b   Fleisher, Linda ^c,d   Green, Bernard Lee ^a  

^a H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^d FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

African American men; cancer health disparities; community based participatory research; health communication; health disparities; health education; health promotion; mobile technology; mobile health; prostate cancer disparities

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; CANCER RESEARCH; CONFERENCE PAPER; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RACE DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; MALE; TECHNOLOGY; WIRELESS COMMUNICATION;

FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; TECHNOLOGY; WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84899482077     PISSN: 14796694     EISSN: 17448301     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/fon.14.17     Document Type: Conference Paper

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