Training faculty in Bangladesh to use a microcomputer for public health: followup report.

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• Alternative Title:
  Public Health Rep
• Personal Author:
  Gould, J B ; Frerichs, R R
• Description:
  In 1984 the Western Consortium for the Health Professions, Inc., under contract to the United Nations Fund for Population Activities (UNFPA), began a project to assist Bangladesh's National Institute for Preventive and Social Medicine (NIPSOM) in establishing a microcomputing capability. The project's goal was to enable NIPSOM to become self-sufficient in the analysis by microcomputer of health, population, and family planning data; program evaluation; and policy activities. Lack of a local microcomputer infrastructure demanded that a local team of experts be developed to run the system described in a previous report. Five NIPSOM faculty members--three of whom had taken the workshop held when the system was first installed--were assigned to a computer committee, which was responsible for the computer's well-being. Six months after the microcomputer system was installed, a second 2-week workshop was given. The consortium's consultant facilitated the development of a basic microcomputer course, which was taught by four members of the computer committee to an additional eight NIPSOM faculty members. Emphasis was placed on developing local self-reliance and the need to overcome obstacles imposed by the lack of local hardware and software support systems. A strategy is proposed for the successful introduction of microcomputers in developing countries.
• Subjects:
  Computer Literacy Computer User Training Education, Medical, Continuing Faculty, Medical Humans Microcomputers Research Article Social Medicine
• Source:
  Public Health Rep. 101(6):616-623
• Pubmed ID:
  3097742
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMCnull
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Bangladesh
• Volume:
  101
• Issue:
  6
• Collection(s):
  Public Health Reports
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:a29f4335cc294b5ecf387be75b54fa3e2bf379013093586c0f795a30af8c6c20
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/66399/cdc_66399_DS1.pdf
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