Health information seeking of low socioeconomic status Hispanic adults using smartphones

Aslib Journal of Information Management

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 542-561

  Kim, Henna ^a   Zhang, Yan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Health information seeking; Hispanics; mHealth; Mobile context; Smartphones

Indexed keywords

HEALTH; SMARTPHONES;

CONTENT ANALYSIS METHOD; DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; HEALTH INFORMATIONS; HISPANICS; MHEALTH; MOBILE CONTEXT; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEWS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

INFORMATION USE;

EID: 84941918519     PISSN: 20503806     EISSN: 20503814     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/AJIM-12-2014-0181     Document Type: Article

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