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The digital divide and behavioral intention of ICT adoption for health information among people in rural communities

Meeplat, Nopparat and Md Dahalin, Zulkhairi (2016) The digital divide and behavioral intention of ICT adoption for health information among people in rural communities. In: Knowledge Management International Conference (KMICe) 2016, 29 – 30 August 2016, Chiang Mai, Thailand.

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Abstract

The purpose of this paper was to assess the basic knowledge of ICT among people in rural area.To determine the association between behavioral intention of ICT adoption and health information among people in rural communities. The study used a survey method to collect data from people in rural area.The results found that most people known about ICT and used mobile phone to communicate between each other.In addition, the hypothesis showed that there are 42 percent of people intent to used ICT for searching health information. The level of significance showed the p-value <.05.

Item Type: Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Additional Information: ISBN: 978-967-0910-19-2 Organized by: College of Arts and Sciences, Universiti Utara Malaysia
Uncontrolled Keywords: digital divide, health information, rural communities.
Subjects: T Technology > T Technology (General)
Divisions: School of Computing
Depositing User: Prof. Dr. Zulkhairi Md Dahalin
Date Deposited: 01 Dec 2016 07:13
Last Modified: 01 Dec 2016 07:13
URI: https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/20154

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