Acceptance of mobile health in communities underrepresented in biomedical research: Barriers and ethical considerations for scientists

JMIR mHealth and uHealth

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2017, Pages

  Nebeker, Camille ^a,b,c   Murray, Kate ^c,d   Holub, Christina ^e   Haughton, Jessica ^f   Arredondo, Elva M ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SCRIPPS HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^e CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural diversity; Ethics; Ethics committees; Informed consent; Privacy; Research; Telemedicine

Indexed keywords

EID: 85035028566     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22915222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/mhealth.6494     Document Type: Article

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