Older adults, health information, and the World Wide Web / edited by Roger W. Morrell.

Other author Morrell, Roger W.
Format Book
Publication InfoMahwah, NJ : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2002.
Descriptionxi, 219 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects

Contents The use of new information technologies in an aging population / Terrie Wetle -- Older Americans, health information, and the Internet / Donald A.B. Lindberg -- Aging online: toward a theory of e-Quality / Douglas McConatha -- Older adults online in the Internet century / Roger W. Morrell, Christopher B. Mayhorm, and Joan Bennett -- Designing web-based health information for older adults: visual considerations and design directives / Katharina V. Echt -- Human factors guidelines for web site usability: health-oriented web sites for older adults / Sherry E. Mead, Nina Lamson, and Wendy A. Rogers -- Guidelines for web site design for older adults: the ultimate influence of cognitive factors / Barbara J. Holt and Roger W. Morrell -- touching lives: opening doors for elders in retirement communities through e-mail and the Internet / David Lansdale -- What to put on a website: a study in setting policy / Kathryn Wooten -- Seniors and the Internet / Thomas P. Benjamin -- Gerotechnology: providing service access to the elderly / Barbara J. Holt -- Evaluating a government web site serving seniors / Leslie Dehgine Hsu and Mary Jo Deering -- Senior support online / Edward E. Baum and Charlotte Yoder -- Older adults, health information, and the World Wide Web: a conference retrospective / Russell E. Morgan, Jr.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and indexes.
LCCN 2001033282
ISBN0805838414 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0805838422 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks RA777.6 .O43 2002 ✔ Available Place Hold