The NCI Digital Divide Pilot Projects: implications for cancer education.
The National Cancer Institute (NCI) supported four innovative demonstration research projects, "The Digital Divide Pilot Projects," to test new strategies for disseminating health information via computer to vulnerable consumers. These projects involved active research collaborations between the NCI's Cancer Information Service (CIS) and regional cancer control researchers to field test new approaches for enhancing cancer communication in vulnerable communities. The projects were able to use computers to successfully disseminate relevant cancer information to vulnerable populations. These demonstration research projects suggested effective new strategies for using communication technologies to educate underserved populations about cancer prevention, control, and care.
Kreps
Gary L
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Department of Communications, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA 22030-4444, USA. gkreps@gmu.edu
Gustafson
David
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Salovey
Peter
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Perocchia
Rosemarie Slevin
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Wilbright
Wayne
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Bright
Mary Anne
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Muha
Cathy
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D022126:Access to Information; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D003479:Curriculum; D006266:Health Education; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D033181:Information Dissemination; D008507:Medically Underserved Area; D009316:National Institutes of Health (U.S.); D009369:Neoplasms; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011203:Poverty; D016730:Program Development; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014481:United States