Perceptions, Attitudes, and Experience Regarding mHealth among Homeless Persons in New York City Shelters

Journal of Health Communication

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1473-1480

  Asgary, Ramin ^a   Sckell, Blanca ^b   Alcabes, Analena ^b   Naderi, Ramesh ^a   Adongo, Philip ^c   Ogedegbe, Gbenga ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Brooklyn Chinese Family Health Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOMELESS PERSON; HOUSING; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TELEMEDICINE; TEXT MESSAGING;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOMELESS PERSONS; HOUSING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TELEMEDICINE; TEXT MESSAGING;

EID: 84947870872     PISSN: 10810730     EISSN: 10870415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10810730.2015.1033117     Document Type: Article

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