A cross-sectional survey assessing the acceptability and feasibility of self-report electronic data collection about health risks from patients attending an Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Service

BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Noble, Natasha E ^a   Paul, Christine L ^a   Carey, Mariko L ^a   Sanson Fisher, Robert W ^a   Blunden, Stephen V ^b   Stewart, Jessica M ^c   Conigrave, Katherine M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b Casino Aboriginal Medical Service   (Australia)

^c National Health Performance Authority   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aboriginal; Australia; Health risk factors; Screening; Touch screen questionnaire

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMMUNITY CARE; COMPUTER INTERFACE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EQUIPMENT; ETHNOLOGY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SELF REPORT; STANDARD;

ADULT; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SELF REPORT; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 84899944333     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6947-14-34     Document Type: Article

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