Using Evidence-Based Internet Interventions to Reduce Health Disparities Worldwide
Health disparities are a persistent problem worldwide. A major obstacle to reducing health disparities is reliance on "consumable interventions," that is, interventions that, once used, cannot be used again. To reduce health disparities, interventions are required that can be used again an...
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JMIR Publications,
2010-12-01T00:00:00Z.
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| Summary: | Health disparities are a persistent problem worldwide. A major obstacle to reducing health disparities is reliance on "consumable interventions," that is, interventions that, once used, cannot be used again. To reduce health disparities, interventions are required that can be used again and again without losing their therapeutic power, that can reach people even if local health care systems do not provide them with needed health care, and that can be shared globally without taking resources away from the populations where the interventions were developed. |
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| Item Description: | 1438-8871 10.2196/jmir.1463 |