Scenarios in the Afya Project as a Participatory Action Research (PAR) Tool for Studying Information Seeking and Use across the "Digital Divide.".

Mehra, Bharat; Bishop, Ann Peterson; Bazzell, Imani; Smith, Cynthia

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ERIC Number: EJ657911

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Publication Date: 2002

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Scenarios in the Afya Project as a Participatory Action Research (PAR) Tool for Studying Information Seeking and Use across the "Digital Divide."

Mehra, Bharat; Bishop, Ann Peterson; Bazzell, Imani; Smith, Cynthia

Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, v53 n14 p1259-66 Dec 2002

Explores the role of scenarios (or use-oriented design representations) in the Afya project (which aims to improve health information and services for Black women) as a participatory action research (PAR) tool for studying information seeking and use across the "digital divide." (AEF)

Descriptors: Access to Information, Blacks, Females, Health Materials, Information Seeking, Information Sources, Research Methodology, User Needs (Information), Users (Information)

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative

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Language: English

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