Opportunities and challenges of using technology to address health disparities

Brian M. Rivers, Jay M. Bernhardt, Linda Fleisher, Bernard Lee Green

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Abstract

6th American Association for Cancer Research Conference on the Science of Cancer Health Disparities in Racial/Ethnic Minorities and the Medically Underserved, Atlanta, GA, USA, 6-9 December 2013. During a panel presentation at the American Association for Cancer Research Cancer Health Disparities Conference titled 'Opportunities and challenges of using technology to address health disparities', the latest scientific advances in the application and utilization of mobile technology and/or mobile-health (mHealth) interventions to address cancer health disparities were discussed. The session included: an examination of overall population trends in the uptake of technology and the potential of addressing health disparities through such media; an exploration of the conceptual issues and challenges in the construction of mHealth interventions to address disparate and underserved populations; and a presentation of pilot study findings on the acceptability and feasibility of using mHealth interventions to address prostate cancer disparities among African-American men.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)519-522
Number of pages4
JournalFuture Oncology
Volume10
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 2014

Keywords

  • African-American men
  • cancer health disparities
  • community-based participatory research
  • health communication
  • health disparities
  • health education
  • health promotion
  • mobile technology
  • mobile-health
  • prostate cancer disparities

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