Community engagement to optimize the use of web-based and wearable technology in a cardiovascular health and needs assessment study: A mixed methods approach

JMIR mHealth and uHealth

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2016, Pages

  Yingling, Leah R ^a   Brooks, Alyssa T ^b   Wallen, Gwenyth R ^b   Peters Lawrence, Marlene ^a   McClurkin, Michael ^a   Cooper McCann, Rebecca ^b   Wiley, Kenneth L ^c   Mitchell, Valerie ^a   Saygbe, Johnetta N ^a   Johnson, Twanda D ^b   Curry, Kendrick E ^d   Johnson, Allan A ^e   Graham, Avis P ^e   Graham, Lennox A ^e   Powell, Tiffany M Wiley ^a  

^a NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

^e HOWARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Activity monitoring; African Americans; Community; Community based participatory research; Focus groups; mHealth; Obesity; Physical activity; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

EID: 84978324852     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22915222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/mhealth.4489     Document Type: Article

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