Published on in Vol 5, No 2 (2021): February

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/18224, first published .
Perspectives From Underserved African Americans and Their Health Care Providers on the Development of a Diabetes Self-Management Smartphone App: Qualitative Exploratory Study

Perspectives From Underserved African Americans and Their Health Care Providers on the Development of a Diabetes Self-Management Smartphone App: Qualitative Exploratory Study

Perspectives From Underserved African Americans and Their Health Care Providers on the Development of a Diabetes Self-Management Smartphone App: Qualitative Exploratory Study

Tai Barber-Gumbs   1 , BA ;   Ylva Trolle Lagerros   2, 3 , MD, PhD ;   Laura M Sena   4 , RD, MSPH ;   Joel Gittelsohn   4 , PhD ;   Larry W Chang   5 , MD ;   Wayne W Zachary   6 * , PhD ;   Pamela J Surkan   7 * , ScD, PhD

1 Program in Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States

2 Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

3 Center for Obesity, Academic Specialist Center, Stockholm Health Services, Stockholm, Sweden

4 Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, United States

5 Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States

6 Starship Health Technologies, LLC, Fort Washington, PA, United States

7 Social and Behavioral Interventions Program, Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, United States

*these authors contributed equally

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  • Pamela J Surkan, ScD, PhD
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