Book III: Scientific and Research Applications in Medical Care: Videotex for Health Education: New Perspectives

摘要

The present paper deals with the application of videotex technology to health education. One of the central issues facing health education at this time is the development of tools to help transfer some of the responsibility for health care and health promotion to the consumer through education in problem-solving and decision-making. Videotex technology seems to offer the necessary qualities of appeal and flexibility for the development of systems and networks capable of reaching the individual, of tailoring contents to specific needs and of promoting community objectives. With reference to their participation as health information provider to Canada's largest videotex trial, the authors will document the new and complex process of content development. The technical constraints of TELIDON, the Canadian videotex system, will be discussed along with some of the first utilization data available.