Computers and the internet: Tools for youth empowerment

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2005, Pages

  Valaitis, Ruta K ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Computers; Internet; Power; Public health; Schools; Social change

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; COMPUTER; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DATA ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INTERNET; INTERVIEW; JUVENILE; ONLINE SYSTEM; PEER GROUP; SCHOOL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CHANGE;

EID: 29144505442     PISSN: 14388871     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.7.5.e51     Document Type: Article

References (41)

1. Goodman RM, Speers MA, Mcleroy K, Fawcett S, Kegler M, Parker E, et al. Identifying and defining the dimensions of community capacity to provide a basis for measurement. Health Educ Behav 1998 Jun;25(3):258-278.
2. Pigg K, Duffy Crank L. Building community social capital: the potential and promise of information and communication technologies. J Commun Informatics 2004;1(1):58-73.
3. Craig W. The Internet aids community participation in the planning process. Computers Environ Urban 1998;22(4):393-404.
4. Howley K. Equity, access, and participation in community networks: the case for human-computer interaction. Soc Sci Comput Rev 1998;16(4):402-410.
5. Shaw A, Shaw M. Social empowerment through community networks. In: High technology and low income communities: prospects for the positive use of advanced information technology. Cambridge, Mass: MIT Press; 1999:315-336.
6. Wellman B, Haase A, Witte J, Hampton K. Does the Internet increase, decrease, or supplement social capital? Social networks, participation, and community commitment. Am Behav Sci 2001;45(3):436-455.
7. Tan B, Wei KL, Watson R, Walczuch R. Reducing status effects with computer-mediated communication: evidence from two distinct national cultures. J Manage Inform Syst 1998;15(1):119-141.
8. Van BE. Technology, democracy, and the creation of community. National Civic Review 2000;89(3):185-192.
9. Davis A, Jones L. Whose neighbourhood? Whose quality of life? Developing a new agenda for children's health in urban settings. Health Educ J 1997;56:350-363.
10. Spencer C, Woolley H. Children and the city: a summary of recent environmental psychology research. Child Care Health Dev 2000 May;26(3):181-197.
11. Caputo T. Hearing the voices of youth: a review of research and consultation documents. Ottawa, Ontario: Health Canada; 1999:1-32.
12. Valaitis R. "They don't trust us; we're just kids:" views about community from predominantly female inner city youth. Health Care Women Int 2002;23(3):248-266.
13. Meucci S, Schwab M. Children and the environment: young people's participation in social change. Social Justice 1997;24(3):1-10.
14. Hart C, Schwab M. Children's rights and the building of democracy: a dialogue on the International Movement for Children's Participation. Social Justice 1997;24(3):177-191.
15. Hart R, Daiute C, Iltus S, Kritt D, Rome M, Sabo K. Developmental theory and children's participation in community organizations. Social Justice 1997;24(3):33-63.
16. Milio N. Reaching out with information technology: educating children, engaging elders. Engines of empowerment: using information technology to create healthy communities and challenge public policy. Chicago, Ill: Health Administration Press; 1996:111-118.
17. Schon D, Sanyal B, Mitchell W. High technology and low income communities: prospects for the positive use of advanced information technology. Cambridge, Mass: MIT Press; 1999.
18. Tardieu B. Computer as community memory: how people in very poor neighborhoods made a computer their own. In: High technology and low income communities: prospects for the positive use of advanced information technology. Cambridge, Mass: MIT Press; 1999:287-314.
19. Resnick LB, Rusk N, Cooke S. The computer clubhouse: technological fluency in the inner city.. In: High technology and low income communities: prospects for the positive use of advanced information technology. Cambridge, Mass: MIT Press; 1999:263-314.
20. Uhler Cart C. Online computer networks: potential and challenges for community organizing and community building now and in the future. In: Minkler M, editor. Community organizing and community building for health. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press; 1997:325-338.
21. Hart R. Children's participation: the theory and practice of involving young citizens in community development and environmental care. London: Earthscan Publications Ltd.; 1999.
22. Cockburn T. New information communication technologies and the development of a children's community of interest. Commun Dev J 2005 Jan.
23. Valaitis R, O'mara L. Enabling youth participation in school-based computer-supported community development in Canada. Health Promot Int 2005 Sep;20(3):260-268.
24. Richards T, Richards L. Using computers in qualitative research. In: Handbook of qualitative research. Thousand Oaks, Calif: Sage Publications; 1999:445-462.
25. Lincoln Y, Guba E. Processing naturalistically obtained data. In: Naturalistic Inquiry. Beverly Hills, Calif: Sage Publications; 1995:332-356.
26. Cutcliffe JR, Mckenna HP. Establishing the credibility of qualitative research findings: the plot thickens. J Adv Nurs 1999 Aug;30(2):374-380.
27. Mathison S. Why triangulate? Educational Researcher 1988;17(2):13-17.
28. Wallerstein N. Powerlessness, empowerment, and health: implications for health promotion programs. Am J Health Promot 1992;6(3):197-205.
29. Cragg CE. Distance learning through computer conferences. Nurse Educ 1994;19(2):10-14.
30. Wong D, Packard B, Pugh K. The opposite of control: a Deweyan perspective on intrinsic motivation in "after 3 technology programs". Computers in Human Behavior 2000;16(3):313-338.
31. Rees S. Empowerment of youth. In: Empowerment in social work practice: a sourcebook. Toronto, Ontario: Brooks/Cole Publishing Company; 1998:130-145.
32. Schwab M. Sharing power: participatory public health research with California teens. Social Justice 1997;24(3):11-32.
33. Delgado M, Barton K. Murals in Latino communities: social indicators of community strengths. Social Work 1998;43(4):346-350.
34. Chu J. Navigating the media environment: how youth claim a place through zines. Social Justice 1997;24(3):71-85.
35. Saunders D. Invisible youth reappear! A review of two youth produced videos. Social Justice 1997;24(3):100-105.
36. Morrow V. 'Dirty looks' and 'trampy places' in young people's accounts of community and neighbourhood: Implications for health inequalities. Critical Public Health 2000;10(2):141-152.
37. Wang C, Burris MA. Empowerment through photo novella: portraits of participation. Health Educ Q 1994;21(2):171-186.
38. Wang C, Burris MA. Photovoice: concept, methodology, and use for participatory needs assessment. Health Educ Behav 1997 Jun;24(3):369-387.
39. Strack RW, Magill C, Mcdonagh K. Engaging youth through photovoice. Health Promot Pract 2004 Jan;5(1):49-58.
40. Bamberger J. Action knowledge and symbolic knowledge: the computer as mediator. In: High technology and low-income communities: prospects for the positive use of advanced information technology. Cambridge, Mass: MIT Press; 1999:235-262.
41. Skinner H, Biscope S, Poland B, Goldberg E. How adolescents use technology for health information: implications for health professionals from focus group studies. J Med Internet Res 2003 Dec 18;5(4):e32.