TY - GEN
T1 - Improving ICT use within the underserved community
T2 - 15th Americas Conference on Information Systems 2009, AMCIS 2009
AU - Gomez, Elizabeth Avery
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - Access to electronic information resources remains a problem for underserved communities, especially non-native English speakers. Diffusion of technology and alternate low-cost methods to capitalize on technology's potential are needed to reach populations with limited resources. This research places emphasis on a training approach to maximize message content and information exchange targeting subpopulations in underserved communities. The proposed approach leverages findings from a Spring 2007 study, which utilized a web-based training application to obtain pre-training and post-training measures from community responders including participants from the proposed subpopulation.
AB - Access to electronic information resources remains a problem for underserved communities, especially non-native English speakers. Diffusion of technology and alternate low-cost methods to capitalize on technology's potential are needed to reach populations with limited resources. This research places emphasis on a training approach to maximize message content and information exchange targeting subpopulations in underserved communities. The proposed approach leverages findings from a Spring 2007 study, which utilized a web-based training application to obtain pre-training and post-training measures from community responders including participants from the proposed subpopulation.
KW - Community
KW - Diffusion of technology
KW - Digital divide
KW - Individual preparedness
KW - Mobile technology
KW - Text messaging
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84870329242
SN - 9781615675814
T3 - 15th Americas Conference on Information Systems 2009, AMCIS 2009
SP - 4936
EP - 4943
BT - 15th Americas Conference on Information Systems 2009, AMCIS 2009
Y2 - 6 August 2009 through 9 August 2009
ER -