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Reducing Preconception Risks Among African American Women with Conversational Agent Technology

Brian Jack, Timothy Bickmore, Megan Hempstead, Leanne Yinusa-Nyahkoon, Ekaterina Sadikova, Suzanne Mitchell, Paula Gardiner, Fatima Adigun, Brian Penti, Daniel Schulman and Karla Damus
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine July 2015, 28 (4) 441-451; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2015.04.140327
Brian Jack
From the Department of Family Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine/Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA (BJ, MH, ES, SM, PG, FA, BP, KD); the College of Computer and Information Science, Northeastern University, Boston, MA (TB); Department of Occupational Therapy, Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Boston University, Boston, MA (LY-N); and the Veteran's Administration, Boston Healthcare System, Jamaica Plain, MA (DS).
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Timothy Bickmore
From the Department of Family Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine/Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA (BJ, MH, ES, SM, PG, FA, BP, KD); the College of Computer and Information Science, Northeastern University, Boston, MA (TB); Department of Occupational Therapy, Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Boston University, Boston, MA (LY-N); and the Veteran's Administration, Boston Healthcare System, Jamaica Plain, MA (DS).
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Megan Hempstead
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Leanne Yinusa-Nyahkoon
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Ekaterina Sadikova
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Suzanne Mitchell
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Paula Gardiner
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Fatima Adigun
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Brian Penti
From the Department of Family Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine/Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA (BJ, MH, ES, SM, PG, FA, BP, KD); the College of Computer and Information Science, Northeastern University, Boston, MA (TB); Department of Occupational Therapy, Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Boston University, Boston, MA (LY-N); and the Veteran's Administration, Boston Healthcare System, Jamaica Plain, MA (DS).
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Daniel Schulman
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Karla Damus
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vol. 28 no. 4 441-451
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2015.04.140327
PubMed 
26152434

Published By 
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine
Print ISSN 
1557-2625
Online ISSN 
1558-7118
History 
  • Received for publication November 21, 2014
  • Revision received February 25, 2015
  • Accepted for publication February 27, 2015
  • Published online July 7, 2015.

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© Copyright 2015 by the American Board of Family Medicine.

Author Information

  1. Brian Jack, MD,
  2. Timothy Bickmore, PhD,
  3. Megan Hempstead, MPH,
  4. Leanne Yinusa-Nyahkoon, ScD, OTR/L,
  5. Ekaterina Sadikova, MPH,
  6. Suzanne Mitchell, MD, MSc,
  7. Paula Gardiner, MD, MPH,
  8. Fatima Adigun, BS,
  9. Brian Penti, MD,
  10. Daniel Schulman, PhD and
  11. Karla Damus, PhD, MSPH, RN
  1. From the Department of Family Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine/Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA (BJ, MH, ES, SM, PG, FA, BP, KD); the College of Computer and Information Science, Northeastern University, Boston, MA (TB); Department of Occupational Therapy, Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Boston University, Boston, MA (LY-N); and the Veteran's Administration, Boston Healthcare System, Jamaica Plain, MA (DS).
  1. Corresponding author: Brian Jack, MD, Department of Family Medicine, Dowling 5, Boston Medical Center, 1 BMC Place, Boston, MA 02118 (E-mail: brian.jack{at}bmc.org).
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The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Jul 2015, 28 (4) 441-451; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2015.04.140327

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The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Jul 2015, 28 (4) 441-451; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2015.04.140327
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