Information Gathering and Technology Use Among Low-Income Minority Men at Risk for Prostate Cancer

American Journal of Men's Health

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 235-246

  Song, Hayeon ^a   Cramer, Emily M ^a   McRoy, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; digital divide; health informatics; information seeking; prostate cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; EARLY CANCER DIAGNOSIS; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMATION SEEKING; INTERNET; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MEN'S HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILE PHONE; PATIENT EDUCATION; POVERTY; PROCEDURES; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; UTILIZATION; WISCONSIN;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; CELL PHONES; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INFORMATION SEEKING BEHAVIOR; INTERNET; MALE; MASS MEDIA; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MEN'S HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; POVERTY; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WISCONSIN;

EID: 84930423091     PISSN: 15579883     EISSN: 15579891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1557988314539502     Document Type: Article

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