Reducing preconception risks among African American women with conversational agent technology

Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 441-451

  Jack, Brian ^a   Bickmore, Timothy ^b   Hempstead, Megan ^a   Yinusa Nyahkoon, Leanne ^c   Sadikova, Ekaterina ^a   Mitchell, Suzanne ^a   Gardiner, Paula ^a   Adigun, Fatima ^a   Penti, Brian ^a   Schulman, Daniel ^d   Damus, Karla ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Northeastern University   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Veteran's Administration Boston Healthcare System   (United States)

Author keywords

Health care disparities; Health information technology; Health promotion; Preconception care; Reproductive health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVERYDAY DISCRIMINATION SCALE; FEMALE; GENERAL SELF EFFICACY SCALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MATERNAL CARE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING; MULTIDIMENSIONAL SCALE OF PER SOCIAL SUPPORT; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RAPID ESTIMATE OF ADULT LITERACY IN MEDICINE; RATING SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; ADOLESCENT; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN RELATION; INTERNET; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PREPREGNANCY CARE; PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INTERNET; MEDICAL INFORMATICS APPLICATIONS; MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PRECONCEPTION CARE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84937152766     PISSN: 15572625     EISSN: 15587118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2015.04.140327     Document Type: Article

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