The roles of 'subjective computer training' and management support in the use of computers in community health centres

Informatics in Primary Care

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 163-170

  Yaghmaie, Farideh ^a,c   Jayasuriya, Rohan ^b  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^c NONE   (Iran)

Author keywords

Computer anxiety; Computer attitude; Computer training; Management support; Subjective computer training; Subjective norms

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; AWARENESS; COMMUNITY CARE; COMPUTER SYSTEM; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INFORMATION CENTER; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL STAFF; TRAINING;

EID: 8844286838     PISSN: 14760320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14236/jhi.v12i3.122     Document Type: Article

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