دورية أكاديمية
Closing the digital divide: Developing a platform to conduct training, outreach, and education for employment skills
| العنوان: | Closing the digital divide: Developing a platform to conduct training, outreach, and education for employment skills |
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| المؤلفون: | Sarah Johnson, Jesse Allen, Lorena Fernandez, Veeravenkata Garikiparthy, Laura Renovato, Maria Land, Leticia Favela, Karina Becerra, Ricardo Belmares, Nathan Holland, Jessica Chacon |
| المصدر: | Digital Health, Vol 9 (2023) |
| بيانات النشر: | SAGE Publishing, 2023. |
| سنة النشر: | 2023 |
| المجموعة: | LCC:Computer applications to medicine. Medical informatics |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Computer applications to medicine. Medical informatics, R858-859.7 |
| الوصف: | El Paso, Texas, like many communities along the United States/Mexico border, suffers from a lack of access to many social determinants of health, especially in low-income neighborhoods. These long-standing problems have only been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. The Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso Health Education and Awareness Team (EP-HEAT) is an organization that was established with a focus on disseminating health information to the community. EP-HEAT received funding from Microsoft Corporation to facilitate technology education workshops for underserved populations. These workshops were held in English and Spanish and attempted to improve social determinants of health in the community which can be negatively exacerbated by a lack of digital inclusion. Community members who attended workshops completed a LinkedIn Learning Path, or both were offered an anonymous post-course survey with a mixed method questionnaire on how their knowledge of basic technology or job skills was improved by engaging with the provided workshops and learning paths. Overall, 80% of community members who participated in the workshops reported learning a new skill, and 91% of participants who started a LinkedIn Learning Path were able to finish. The workshops were well received by the community and highlighted the potential for these programs to enhance digital skills and upward workforce mobility. |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article |
| وصف الملف: | electronic resource |
| اللغة: | English |
| تدمد: | 2055-2076 20552076 |
| العلاقة: | https://doaj.org/toc/2055-2076Test |
| DOI: | 10.1177/20552076231154383 |
| الوصول الحر: | https://doaj.org/article/d2ef8be664dd41d5ad112b50e50d58f0Test |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsdoj.2ef8be664dd41d5ad112b50e50d58f0 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
Full Text Finder | تدمد: | 20552076 |
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| DOI: | 10.1177/20552076231154383 |