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The Use of Touch-Screen Technology for Health-Related Information in Indigenous Communities: Some Economic Issues.
- Source :
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Prometheus (Routledge) . Dec2007, Vol. 25 Issue 4, p373-392. 20p. 2 Diagrams, 2 Graphs. - Publication Year :
- 2007
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Abstract
- The low health status of indigenous communities in Australia, and other countries, has been a continuing societal problem. One way to improve health status involves the provision of health-related information. Computer-based systems offer new ways to provide such information: thus their application can be seen as process innovations. This paper describes the use of touch-screen technology to present health information in a culturally relevant fashion for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders in Queensland, Australia. Touch-screen kiosks incorporate both computer hardware and software. The paper also outlines some of the key economic concepts relevant to an economic analysis of an information system employing touch-screen technology. It is shown that the economic analysis involves a two-stage process, and it is somewhat more complex than setting up an Internet website. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 08109028
- Volume :
- 25
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Prometheus (Routledge)
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 27541292
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/08109020701689227