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Title: Diverse Urban Elderly 0nline


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Diverse Urban Elderly 0nline
  • M. Kay Cresci, PhD, APRN,BC
  • Assistant Professor
  • Wayne State University

2
Overview
  • Seniors online
  • Urban Elders online
  • Isaiah Wellness Center
  • 2002 City Needs Assessment of Older Adults
  • Ideas

3
Seniors Online (Pew Internet American Life,
2004)
  • 22 use the Internet
  • Characteristics
  • White(22), African Americans (11), Hispanic
    (21)
  • Equal use by men and women
  • Educated
  • High income with access to the Internet
  • Go online from home with dial up connections
  • Enthusiastic

4
Seniors Online (Pew Internet American Life,
2004)
  • Use
  • Email
  • Health and medical information
  • Product research
  • Purchasing
  • Travel reservations
  • Visit government website
  • Religious and spiritual information
  • Banking online

5
Isaiah Wellness Center at Apostolic Towers
  • Academic and community partnership leading to the
    creation of a health promotion center
  • Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing
    Community Outreach
  • Apostolic Towers 150 residents
  • First Apostolic Faith Church
  • Senior Housing Initiative
  • University of Maryland School of Social Work

6
Computer Lab in the Center
  • January 2003
  • Community Outreach Program
  • Senior Cyber Net
  • Computer Lab and DSL supported through a program
    with the Johns Hopkins Urban Institute
  • Computer classes

7
Use of the Computer Lab
  • Seek health information
  • Word puzzles
  • Jigsaw puzzles
  • Bible study
  • Benefits Check-up online
  • E-mail???????

8
http//netbiblestudy.net/
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http//thinks.com/
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Issues
  • Mouse Skills
  • Web site design
  • Email

12
Facing The Future 2002 City of Detroit Needs
Assessment of Older Adults
  • Wayne State University Collaborating Team
  • Institute of Gerontology
  • Center for Healthcare Effectiveness Research
  • Center for Urban Studies

13
Profile of the Community
  • Areas of Interest
  • Health
  • Housing
  • Transportation
  • Quality of Life
  • Social Support Issues
  • 1410 residents participated
  • 1310 phone interview using random digit dialing
    telephone method
  • 100 face to face interview

14
Participants
  • High school graduate (59)
  • Retired (70)
  • Income
  • Female (70)
  • Live alone (42)
  • African American (83.3)
  • Own home (72)

15
Computer Use
558
433
386
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Age
74
72
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Gender
18
Characteristics
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Place of use
73
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Other Locations
  • Relatives house
  • Friends house
  • Office
  • Church
  • Work
  • Volunteer work
  • Web TV
  • Banking
  • Bowling alley

21
Use
63
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Ideas
  • Access
  • Focus groups
  • Personal Web page
  • Understanding the non-user

23
Summary
  • Urban elders use or would like to use computers
  • As with other groups, there is a group of
    non-user
  • Ideas
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