Rural and Urban/Suburban Families' Use of a Web-Based Mental Health Intervention

Telemedicine and e-Health

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 390-396

  Bunnell, Brian E ^a,b   Davidson, Tatiana M ^a,b   Dewey, Daniel ^b   Price, Matthew ^c   Ruggiero, Kenneth J ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b RALPH H JOHNSON VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

behavioral health; disaster medicine; E health; technology

Indexed keywords

DISASTERS; HEALTH; LOCATION; MEDICINE; TECHNOLOGY;

BEHAVIORAL HEALTH; DISASTER MEDICINE; E HEALTH; GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATIONS; INTERNET BASED; RURAL AND URBAN; RURAL RESIDENTS; WEB-BASED RESOURCES;

WEBSITES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALABAMA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISASTER; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; MISSOURI; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RURAL HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUBURBAN POPULATION; TELEMEDICINE; TORNADO; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALABAMA; DISASTERS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MISSOURI; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; RURAL POPULATION; SUBURBAN POPULATION; TELEMEDICINE; TORNADOES; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85019106556     PISSN: 15305627     EISSN: 15563669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/tmj.2016.0153     Document Type: Article

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