title: E-mental health in ethnic minority: A comparison of youtube and talk-based educational workshops in dementia.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Innovation in information and communication technology has been transforming health service delivery.
  
  
  METHODS
  This study aims to compare YouTube against traditional talk-based workshops in delivering dementia knowledge to the Chinese-American population.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Results reveal that E-mental health has enormous potential; however, for the older Chinese-American ethnic population, talk-based workshop is still more desired in delivering dementia education to targeted age groups.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  As YouTube has become a readily available and widely distributed media for prevention and psychoeducational efforts, this study demonstrates the utility of YouTube in delivering dementia knowledge. Nevertheless, viewer appeals need to be addressed by making the first few minutes engaging.
authors.affiliation: College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific, Western University of Health Sciences 309 E. Second St., Pomona, CA 91766, USA. Electronic address: lydiaxzheng@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Xin
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.affiliation: Olive View - UCLA Medical Center 14445 Olive View Dr, Sylmar, CA 91342, USA. Electronic address: bkpwoo@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Benjamin K P
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: Woo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001213:Asian; D003704:Dementia / Q000208:ethnology*; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice / Q000208:ethnology*; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D008297:Male; D008605:Mental Health Services; D008875:Middle Aged; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000379:methods*; D017216:Telemedicine / Q000379:methods*
keywords: Chinese american; Dementia; Health education; Health promotion; Mental health services; YouTube