Pride and performance: evaluation challenges of a multimedia and information technologies project in remote Aboriginal Australia.
OBJECTIVE
This paper explores an approach to an evaluation challenge: to demonstrate the impact of an initiative drawing on innovative use of information/multimedia technology and performance to address perceived social needs within a disadvantaged, remote Indigenous Australian community.


RESULTS
The approach is described and preliminary data are presented supporting the importance of local production and participation.
Hunter
Ernest
E
HITnet, Cairns, QLD, Australia. Ernest_Hunter@health.qld.gov.au
Travers
Helen
H
Pelham
Steven
S
Gibson
Julie
J
Hermawan
Grace
G
Austin
Corey
C
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001155:Art Therapy / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D001315:Australia; D003142:Communication; D054626:Consumer Health Information; D005260:Female; D005502:Food; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019212:Multimedia; D012424:Rural Population; D055815:Young Adult