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[PA-26] CyberHealth: An Intergenerational, Bilingual, Web-based, Health Literacy Initiative -Community Partners: "CyberSeniors/CyberTeens" Elizabeth Isele, CyberSeniors.org., Portland, ME
Participants: Elizabeth Isele; Tom Tate, USDA/CSREES, Sonia Guzman, MD, Webalization.com
Problem: Seniors and Young People - two segments of the population with the most need for health education resources found on the Internet have the least access to them because of their lack of access to the technology, their inability to use a computer, and their inability to find, evaluate and understand most of the health information on the Internet.
Methods: hands-on computer training workshops, using a bilingual curriculum designed to meet Seniors' special needs, beginning with very, very, basic skills that progresses through Internet and E-mail skills to a Web-based, bilingual health literacy program to teach participants how to access, evaluate, and personalize the Internet's health information and communication resources so that they can become informed health consumers. Our Web-based, interactive bilingual, culturally appropriate curriculum (AAA Bobby approved and Section 508 certified) can be updated to include the most current health information available.
Anticipated Results: providing low literacy, bilingual, health literacy and quality care awareness education programs in familiar community settings will empower traditionally underserved individuals to better understand how to take charge of their own health in a variety of ways, affecting their health seeking behaviors.
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Date: July 10-12, 2002
Location: Hilton Hotel & Towers, Washington, DC
Sponsor: U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, Office of Minority Health / Office of Public Health and Science
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