Artikel ; Online: Digital Literacy Training for Low-Income Older Adults Through Undergraduate Community-Engaged Learning: Single-Group Pretest-Posttest Study.
JMIR aging
2024 Band 7, Seite(n) e51675
Abstract: Background: Digital technology is a social determinant of health that affects older people's ability to engage in health maintenance and disease prevention activities; connect with family and friends; and, more generally, age in place. Unfortunately, ... ...
| Abstract | Background: Digital technology is a social determinant of health that affects older people's ability to engage in health maintenance and disease prevention activities; connect with family and friends; and, more generally, age in place. Unfortunately, disparities in technology adoption and use exist among older adults compared with other age groups and are even greater among low-income older adults. Objective: In this study, we described the development and implementation of a digital literacy training program designed with the dual goals of training low-income older adults in the community and teaching students about aging using a community-engaged learning (CEL) approach. Methods: The training program was embedded within a 10-week CEL course that paired undergraduates (N=27) with low-income older adults (n=18) for 8 weeks of digital literacy training. Older adults and students met weekly at the local senior center for the training. Students also met in the classroom weekly to learn about aging and how to use design thinking to train their older adult trainees. Both older adults and students completed pre- and posttraining surveys. Results: Older adults demonstrated increased digital literacy skills and confidence in the use of digital technology. Loneliness did not change from pre to postassessment measurements; however, older adults showed improvements in their attitudes toward their own aging and expressed enthusiasm for the training program. Although students' fear of older adults did not change, their comfort in working with older adults increased. Importantly, older adults and students expressed positive feelings about the trainee-trainer relationship that they formed during the training program. Conclusions: A CEL approach that brings together students and low-income older adults in the community has a strong potential to reduce the digital divide experienced by underserved older adults. Additional work is needed to explore the efficacy and scalability of this approach in terms of older adults' digital literacy as well as other potential benefits to both older and younger adults. |
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| Mesh-Begriff(e) | Humans ; Male ; Female ; Poverty/psychology ; Aged ; Computer Literacy ; Students/psychology ; Young Adult ; Surveys and Questionnaires ; Adult ; Middle Aged ; Learning ; Digital Technology |
| Sprache | Englisch |
| Erscheinungsdatum | 2024-05-14 |
| Erscheinungsland | Canada |
| Dokumenttyp | Journal Article |
| ISSN | 2561-7605 |
| ISSN (online) | 2561-7605 |
| DOI | 10.2196/51675 |
| Datenquelle | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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