title: Encouraging adolescents toward mental health careers via website biographies.
abstract: This project designed, developed, implemented and is currently evaluating the effectiveness of an interactive, multi-media website designed to encourage adolescents to consider careers in mental health. This Web-based learning environment features biographies of mental health scientists. Evaluation is conducted in a systematic, structured way using cognitive achievement, usability (ease of use), and affective scales (e.g., fun to use) as outcome measures
authors.affiliation: School of Health Information Sciences, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, USA.
authors.forename: Irmi U
authors.initials: IU
authors.lastname: Willcockson
authors.forename: Prabhu R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Shankar
authors.forename: Cynthia L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Phelps
authors.forename: Craig W
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Johnson
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001680:Biographies as Topic; D002321:Career Choice; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D019212:Multimedia; D011570:Psychiatry; D011584:Psychology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires