Participant and interviewer attitudes toward handheld computers in the context of HIV/AIDS programs in sub-saharan Africa

Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 763-766

  Cheng, Karen G ^a   Ernesto, Francisco ^b   Truong, Khai N ^c  

^a CHARLES R DREW UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

^b National Institute of Public Health   (Angola)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Developing country; Handheld computers; HIV AIDS; Paper surveys; PDA; Technology acceptability; User study

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SCIENCE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HAND HELD COMPUTERS; HUMAN ENGINEERING; PERSONAL DIGITAL ASSISTANTS;

DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HIV/AIDS; PAPER SURVEYS; PDA; TECHNOLOGY ACCEPTABILITY; USER STUDY;

SURVEYS;

EID: 57649231274     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1357054.1357175     Document Type: Conference Paper

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