eHealth literacy interventions for older adults: A systematic review of the literature

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2014, Pages

  Watkins, Ivan ^a   Xie, Bo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Computers; Health literacy

Indexed keywords

AGED; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMAN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; MALE; TELEMEDICINE; UTILIZATION;

AGED; COMPUTER LITERACY; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; DATABASES AS TOPIC; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; MALE; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 84914690363     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.3318     Document Type: Review

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