TY - JOUR
AU - De Leo, Diego
AB - Communication and information technologies can reduce the barriers of distanceand space that disadvantage communities in Australia's underserved rural areas,where the health status of residents is often worse than that of their urbancounterparts. ACROSSnet (Australians Creating Rural Online Support Systems) is a3 year collaborative action research project that aims to design and develop anonline support system that will assist rural communities in accessinginformation, education and support regarding suicide and its prevention, whilstconsidering the challenges of Internet speed, cost and availability that canimpede the delivery of online services. The site provides three distinct levelsof access: one level for community members, and two further levels forappropriately credentialled mental health workers. In creating this environment,the ACROSSnet team hopes that online communities of practice will develop,engaging participants of different ages, income and education levels, location,and socioeconomic backgrounds.
TI - Development of ACROSSnet: an online support system for rural and remote community suicide prevention workers in Queensland, Australia
JF - Health Informatics Journal
DO - 10.1177/1460458205058755
DA - 2005-12-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/sage/development-of-acrossnet-an-online-support-system-for-rural-and-remote-Qd2uMyBrBD
SP - 275
EP - 293
VL - 11
IS - 4
DP - DeepDyve
ER -