title: Combining telecommunications and interactive multimedia health information on the electronic superhighway.
abstract: This paper describes a unique system of providing health education in community-based settings. This project combines the structure of a telecommunications delivery system with the appeal of a colorful interactive educational program to produce a new type of "telemultimedia" program. Learners in two rural areas of Colorado can enter the electronic world of the information superhighway by way of the Denver Free-Net at The University Colorado Health Science Center in Denver; they can access The Healthy Touch Series of multimedia programs on maternal-infant health from The University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, Texas. This educational journey connects the learner with electronic devices in all three sites in a seamless interconnection of hardware and software. The journey was made possible by funding from The Colorado Trust and the W. K. Kellogg Foundation.
authors.affiliation: University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston 77555, USA.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Sweeney
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Skiba
mesh_terms: D003120:Colorado; D019058:Community Networks; D003159:Community-Institutional Relations; D003195:Computer Communication Networks; D003194:Computer-Assisted Instruction; D006266:Health Education / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007224:Infant Care; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D019035:Rural Health Services; D014584:User-Computer Interface