title: Exploring factors related to the adoption and acceptance of an internet-based electronic personal health management tool (EPHMT) in a low income, special needs population of people living with HIV and AIDS in New York City.
abstract: Access to personal health information assists efforts to improve health outcomes and creates a population of active and informed health consumers. Understanding this significance, Healthy People 2020 retained, as a Focus Area, the need for improved interactive Health Communication and HIT. Attainment of this goal includes increasing the use of Internet-based electronic personal health management tools (EPHMT). Health information management, essential for favorable health outcomes, can be problematic in low income, special needs populations with complex chronic illnesses such as HIV/AIDS. Furthermore, barriers to the adoption and acceptance of an EPHMT in such populations have not been well explored. The current study seeks to explore the usability of an EPHMT entitled MyHealthProfile and to identify perceived health information needs in a vulnerable population of people living with HIV and AIDS (PLWH) that have access to an EPHMT through their Medicaid Special Needs Plan.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing.
authors.forename: Michelle
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Odlum
authors.affiliation: New York-Presbyterian Hospital.
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gordon
authors.affiliation: Visiting Nurse Service of New York, New York, USA.
authors.forename: Eli
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Camhi
authors.affiliation: New York-Presbyterian Hospital.
authors.forename: Esmerlin
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Valdez
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing.
authors.forename: Suzanne
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bakken
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001292:Attitude to Computers; D003197:Computer Literacy / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D054626:Consumer Health Information / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D057286:Electronic Health Records / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*; D055991:Health Records, Personal; D006297:Health Services Accessibility / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D020380:Needs Assessment; D009519:New York City / Q000453:epidemiology; D017060:Patient Satisfaction / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011203:Poverty / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D055815:Young Adult