Wow. I'd love the answers to these questions as well! David Keyes wrote: > This is an interesting discussion, though it may be an easier one to have as > a set of narrower questions on a web discussion. > > I agree that the use of data, both qualitative and quantitative, would be > ultimately vital to determining impact and perhaps not enough as been done. > Just as important is defining the scope of questions. I see a number of > arenas for this. "Human health" is also broad. I leave that to health > experts, but perhaps this encompasses individual physical and mental health, > and then public health. > > I also see some distinction between getting health info, getting info about > where to get health assistance, participatory health support activities, and > use of digital media to support creating health marketing materials, and use > of telecenters and digital media as a health prevention (and fitness and > public safety) activity. > > Here are some of the areas of research I'd see on this topic from my > experience in community technology. > 1) Does learning about health information online improve health? > 2) Does participating in a health or disease-related support group improve > physical and/or mental health? > 3) Does retrieving health info likely lead to its use and to a subsequent > impact? How is this different or complementary to information provided by > another source (friend, care provider, brochure)? > 4) How many community technology/ telecentres are connecting residents with > health and fitness information? (e.g. I know of a group of seniors that use > the computer lab to retrieve walking maps for their exercise.) > 5) If someone's knowledge of using a computer and the Internet increases, > does it increase their sense of self-sufficiency and control, and thereby > extend their life and quality of life? (There's an interesting potential > correlation to some research done in England finding that if seniors have a > greater sense of their choices and control, it results in extending their > lives.) > 6) Does a social network, with an e-component (email, text, web), enhance a > consumer's access to health care provider and health information (that is > accurate)? > 7) Does the production of content (e.g. writing about nutrition, your health, > mapping neighborhood air quality) lead to increased health awareness and > health? > 8) What is the public safety impact of youth media programs? > > This is all consumer sided vs provider sided (health professionals getting > access to exchanging data and best practices) and doesn't include potential > impact from health monitoring (remote testing/transmission on diabetes, blood > pressure, etc). > > And of course all this takes money for research. I'd definitely like to see > more and how it gets indexed in the health and Internet/dig divide/ social > health journals. > > - David > > ******************************************* > David Keyes > Director of Community Technology Programs > City of Seattle Department of Information Technology > PO Box 94709 > Seattle, WA 98124-4709 USA > > (206) 386-9759 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Fax (206) 684-0911 > http://seattle.gov/tech/ > Street address: 700 Fifth Ave. Suite 2700 > >>>> "Judith Green" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 08/10/08 7:04 AM >>> >>>> > Greetings, > > The question of health care and the digital divide issues that are being > raised about "knowing" and "data" are central to discussions that are > happening in medical education and diagnosis communities. A recent book > > <http://www.amazon.com/Interprofessional-Family-Discourses-Knowledge-Processes/dp/1572734027/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1218309980&sr=1-3> > Interprofessional and Family Discourses: Voices, Knowledge and > Practice > (Language and Social Processes) > <http://www.amazon.com/Interprofessional-Family-Discourses-Knowledge-Processes/dp/1572734027/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1218309980&sr=1-3>by > Marleen Iannucci McClelland and Roberta G. Sands, Hampton Press. > > raises questions about how different disciplines within healthcare diagnose > patients and how voices are missing. This volume raises questions about > dialogues in a face2face and digital world that are central to understanding > areas of the digital divide that are often not visible. They also raise > questions about how parents are engaged in the dialogues and thus how > patients are able to access or enter information. This volume also proposes > a biosocial model that might be of interest to those involved in discussion > about health care and the digital divide. > > This volume also address questions about what counts as knowing, research > and health care and how these are constructed through different lenses used > by different actors. > > I see the questions that were raised, therefore, as interdependent with the > broader concern of this community. > > Judith > _______________________________________________ > DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list > [email protected] > http://digitaldivide.net/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide > To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE > in the body of the message. > > _______________________________________________ > DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list > [email protected] > http://digitaldivide.net/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide > To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE > in the body of the message. > >
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