Unmet Need: Improving mHealth Evaluation Rigor to Build the Evidence Base

Journal of Health Communication

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1224-1229

  Mookherji, Sangeeta ^a   Mehl, Garrett ^b   Kaonga, Nadi ^c   Mechael, Patricia ^c  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STANDARDS; TELEMEDICINE;

EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 84942991867     PISSN: 10810730     EISSN: 10870415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10810730.2015.1018624     Document Type: Article

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