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Session: The use of Technology in Health Promotion
3076.0: Monday, November 8, 2004: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM
Oral
The use of Technology in Health Promotion
Health promotion in many settings relies heavily upon available technology. In this presentation, panelists will discuss various examples of uses of technology to deliver health education and/or achieve health promotion objectives.
Learning Objectives: At the end of this session, participants will be able to describe various uses of technology to provide information and other health education functions, and to fulfill the learning objectives of the individual presentations.
Moderator(s):Stuart L. Usdan, PhD, CHES
8:30 AMUsing technology to teach health: A collaborative model
Anca Codruta Rafiroiu, MD, PhD
8:48 AMImproving access to credible and relevant information for public health professionals: A qualitative study of information needs in communicable disease control  [ Recorded presentation ]
Nancy R. La Pelle, PhD, E. Hatheway Simpson, MPH, Roger Luckmann, MD, MPH, Elaine Martin, MSLS, MA
9:06 AMRe-examining the digital divide: Technology-based public health for rural communities
Amy S. Billing, MSSA, Nancy L. Atkinson, PhD, Robert S. Gold, PhD, DrPH
9:24 AMUse of Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) as a tool for research data entry  [ Recorded presentation ]
Abu N.G.A. Khan, MD, MS, Steven Davidson, MD, MBA
9:42 AMNewspaper representations of health-related websites: A qualitative analysis
Lela Jacobsohn, MA
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Organized by:Public Health Education and Health Promotion
Endorsed by:Health Administration; Public Health Nursing
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing

The 132nd Annual Meeting (November 6-10, 2004) of APHA