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Direct linkRasi, Päivi; Lindberg, Jens; Airola, Ella – Educational Gerontology, 2021
This research seeks to better understand how older people living in sparsely populated areas learn and then use eHealth applications in their everyday lives. The study was conducted in northern Sweden and Lapland in northern Finland, the most sparsely populated areas in these countries. The study focused on the use of following eHealth services: a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Older Adults, Access to Health Care, Drug Therapy
Brown, Louis D.; Shepherd, Matthew D.; Wituk, Scott A.; Meissen, Greg – Journal of Community Psychology, 2007
Self-help initiatives stand as a classic context for organizational studies in community psychology. Behavior setting theory stands as a classic conception of organizations and the environment. This study explores both, applying behavior setting theory to consumer-run organizations (CROs). Analysis of multiple data sets from all CROs in Kansas…
Descriptors: Self Help Programs, Organization Size (Groups), Leadership Role, Community Involvement
Coyle, Jean M. – 1982
Two Central Illinois farming communities (one Amish and one non-Amish) were selected for this study on the basis of preliminary interviews with individuals knowledgeable about communities in this geographic area in which residents generally assist one another in times of need, rather than seek outside help. Residents of Amish communities and some…
Descriptors: Amish, Community Involvement, Family (Sociological Unit), Helping Relationship
Download full textNational Center for Child Advocacy (DHEW/OHD), Washington, DC. – 1978
The two reports reprinted here address prevention and treatment of child abuse and neglect in rural areas through self-help programs. The larger report, that of the Appalachian Citizens for Children's Rights (ACCR) Project, describes project purposes: to develop a community development model for child abuse/neglect using resources already existing…
Descriptors: Agencies, Change Agents, Child Abuse, Child Advocacy
Patil, B. R. – 1989
Of the total number of illiterate people in the world, half are in India. National programs for adult education in India are the Community Development Program, Farmers Functional Literacy Project, and National Adult Education Program, participants in which include voluntary agencies, state resource centers, and district resource units. When the…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Citizen Participation, Community Action
Ewert, D. Merrill – 1980
Education has long been a development priority in Africa. The failure and limitations of formal education have led to the emergence of nonformal alternatives of various types. They include extension education, training programs, multipurpose educational programs (for middle-level professionals), cooperative self-help programs (community…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Community Development, Community Involvement
