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The Importance Of Ehealth In The Education Of Underserved Populations, Shanel L. Winfield
The Importance Of Ehealth In The Education Of Underserved Populations, Shanel L. Winfield
Graduate Research Papers
The use of the Internet or the World Wide Web for educational purposes is widespread and rapidly growing. It is only natural that, in response to this rapid growth, its usage expands into the field of medicine, particularly eHealth. But as the nature of how the Internet is being used in health and medicine increases, there is a large segment of the population being left behind because of lack of access. This lack of access is in response to economic barriers, political barriers, social-cultural barriers and social-economic barriers. Issues of literacy, content, and language also play a role in the …