Grant Details
| Grant Number: | 5R01CA122894-05 Interpret this number |
| Primary Investigator: | Viswanath, Kasisomayajula |
| Organization: | Dana-Farber Cancer Inst |
| Project Title: | Click to Connect: Improving Health Literacy Through Internet Literacy |
| Fiscal Year: | 2010 |
Abstract
DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Health Literacy is defined as the degree to which individuals have the capacity to obtain, process and understand basic health information and services needed to make appropriate health decisions (US DHHS, 2000). Yet there is well-documented evidence for profound inequalities in the distribution of communications services, the digital divide, and advantages accruing from it thus threatening the normative goal of developing a health literate public. The research question guiding this project is: Does improving access to the Internet, and training in how to use the Internet for health information, among the socially disadvantaged lead to changes in health literacy, and secondarily in health knowledge and beliefs about health compared to a control group in usual care condition? We will recruit 258 subjects from adult education centers in Boston, the most diverse city in New England, and randomize them to either the intervention or control conditions. 129 subjects in the intervention group will be provided with free computers and high-speed Internet at home. They will also be provided with training on how to use computers and navigate the Internet, as well as a web portal that will help in the use of the Internet for one year. Intervention will occur in three waves with 43 subjects per wave per year. Baseline and post-Intervention data .will be gathered through a telephone survey of subjects in both groups and Internet and computer use will be tracked in the Intervention group. The data from this project will provide the necessary information to design future information architecture that can address health literacy and digital divide issues specific to the needs of the socially disadvantaged.
Publications
Recruitment and Retention for Community-Based eHealth Interventions with Populations of Low Socioeconomic Position: Strategies and Challenges.
Authors: Nagler RH, Ramanadhan S, Minsky S, Viswanath K
Source: J Commun, 2013 Feb 1;63(1), p. 201-220.
EPub date: 2013 Jan 7.
PMID: 23439871
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Grant Numbers:
| NCI NIH HHS - K05 CA108663 | NCI NIH HHS - R25 CA057711 | NCI NIH HHS - R01 CA122894 |
The communications revolution and health inequalities in the 21st century: implications for cancer control.
Authors: Viswanath K, Nagler RH, Bigman-Galimore CA, McCauley MP, Jung M, Ramanadhan S
Source: Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev, 2012 Oct;21(10), p. 1701-8.
PMID: 23045545
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Grant Numbers:
| NCI NIH HHS - R01CA132651-05 | NCI NIH HHS - R01 CA132651 | NCI NIH HHS - R25 CA057713 |
| NCI NIH HHS - K05 CA108663 | NCI NIH HHS - R25 CA057711 | NCI NIH HHS - R01 CA122894 |
MeSH Terms:
| Neoplasms | Social Class | Humans |
| Communication | Health Status Disparities |
Contribution of communication inequalities to disparities in human papillomavirus vaccine awareness and knowledge.
Authors: Kontos EZ, Emmons KM, Puleo E, Viswanath K
Source: Am J Public Health, 2012 Oct;102(10), p. 1911-20.
EPub date: 2012 Feb 16.
PMID: 22970692
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Grant Numbers:
| NCI NIH HHS - 5R01CA122894 | NCI NIH HHS - 5R25CA057711 |
MeSH Terms:
Social disparities, communication inequalities, and HIV/AIDS-related knowledge and attitudes in India.
Authors: Ackerson LK, Ramanadhan S, Arya M, Viswanath K
Source: AIDS Behav, 2012 Oct;16(7), p. 2072-81.
PMID: 21870161
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Grant Numbers:
| NCI NIH HHS - U01 CA114644-05 | NCI NIH HHS - R01 CA122894-01 |
Determinants and beliefs of health information mavens among a lower-socioeconomic position and minority population.
Authors: Kontos EZ, Emmons KM, Puleo E, Viswanath K
Source: Soc Sci Med, 2011 Jul;73(1), p. 22-32.
EPub date: 2011 May 23.
PMID: 21683493
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Grant Numbers:
| NCI NIH HHS - R25 CA057711-15 | NCI NIH HHS - 5R01CA122894 | NCI NIH HHS - R25 CA057711 |
| NCI NIH HHS - R01 CA122894-05 | NCI NIH HHS - 5R25CA057711 |
MeSH Terms:
| United States | Humans | Communication |
| Health Education | Minority Groups | Public Health |
| Poverty | Adult | Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice |
| Health Status Disparities | Middle Aged | Female |
| Male | Mass Media |
Communication inequalities and public health implications of adult social networking site use in the United States.
Authors: Kontos EZ, Emmons KM, Puleo E, Viswanath K
Source: J Health Commun, 2010;15 Suppl 3, p. 216-35.
PMID: 21154095
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Grant Numbers:
| NCI NIH HHS - 5R25CA057711-14 | NCI NIH HHS - R25 CA057711-18 | NCI NIH HHS - R25 CA057711 |
| NCI NIH HHS - R01 CA122894-05 | NCI NIH HHS - 5R01CA122894-04 |
MeSH Terms:
The social context of interpersonal communication and health.
Authors: Ackerson LK, Viswanath K
Source: J Health Commun, 2009;14 Suppl 1, p. 5-17.
PMID: 19449264
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Grant Numbers:
| NCI NIH HHS - 5 R0Z CA122894 |
MeSH Terms:
| Patient Education as Topic | Humans | Interpersonal Relations |
| Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice | Communication | Health Status Disparities |
| Social Support | Health Education |
Health disparities, communication inequalities, and eHealth.
Authors: Viswanath K, Kreuter MW
Source: Am J Prev Med, 2007 May;32(5 Suppl), p. S131-3.
PMID: 17466818
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Grant Numbers:
| NCI NIH HHS - R01 CA122894-01 |
MeSH Terms:
| United States | Socioeconomic Factors | Policy Making |
| Access to Information | Medical Informatics | Internet |
