Mobile Health Technology Can Objectively Capture Physical Activity (PA) Targets Among African-American Women Within Resource-Limited Communities—the Washington, D.C. Cardiovascular Health and Needs Assessment

Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 876-883

  Thomas, S ^a   Yingling, L ^b   Adu Brimpong, J ^a   Mitchell, V ^b   Ayers, C R ^c   Wallen, G R ^a   Peters Lawrence, M ^b   Brooks, A T ^a   Sampson, D M ^a   Wiley, K L ^d   Saygbe, J ^b   Henry, J ^e   Johnson, A ^f   Graham, A ^f   Graham, L ^f   Powell Wiley, T M ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f HOWARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular health disparities; mHealth technology; Obesity; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 85013667294     PISSN: 21973792     EISSN: 21968837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40615-016-0290-4     Document Type: Article

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