A virtual world versus face-to-face intervention format to promote diabetes self-management among african american women: A pilot randomized clinical trial

JMIR Research Protocols

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Rosal, Milagros C ^a   Heyden, Robin ^b   Mejilla, Roanne ^c   Capelson, Roberta ^c   Chalmers, Karen A ^c   DePaoli, Maria Rizzo ^c   Veerappa, Chetty ^c   Wiecha, John M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Modeling and Simulation   (United States)

^c BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Clinical trials; Feasibility; Health behavior; Health disparities; Minority health; Randomized clinical trial; Technology; Type 2 diabetes; Virtual systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 85097322921     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19290748     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/resprot.3412     Document Type: Article

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