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Ricardo Gomez - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Who Uses Public Access Venues
Libraries Telecentres Cybercafes and Public Access to ICT, 2020Co-Authors: Ricardo Gomez, Kemly CamachoAbstract:Who are the customers of Public Access venues, where do they come from, and what are their needs? In order to better understand the situation – success or failure – of Public Access venues, and how to move forward with policies, funding, and further research, it is crucial to better understand who uses Public libraries, telecenters, and cybercafés. While there have been studies in different countries about users of individual telecenters or libraries (Becker et al., 2010; Gurol & Sevindik, 2007; Tiwari, 2008), it is difficult to fully answer these questions, even in a study of the magnitude of this one, which represents roughly 250,000 venues in 25 countries around the world. Nonetheless, we can use the data collected in this study to paint broad brushstrokes that give a better overall picture of the types of users of Public libraries, telecenters,, and cybercafés. In this chapter, we discuss the main findings in relation to the users of Public Access venues, particularly in relation to gender, age, education, and income, as well as location (urban or non-urban)1 of the different types of venues. By understanding who is using Public Access venues, the providers of the Access, be it a Public library, a telecenter, or a cybercafé, can more accurately direct resources to better serve their current audience, as well as identify ways to reach out to other marginalized sectors of the population that are being left out, in order to maximize the benefits of Public Access.
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Users of ICT at Public Access Centers
ICT Influences on Human Development Interaction and Collaboration, 2020Co-Authors: Ricardo Gomez, Kemly CamachoAbstract:Libraries, telecenters, and cybercafés offer opportunities for wider Public Access to information and communication technologies (ICT). This paper presents findings of a global exploratory study on the landscape Public Access venues in 25 countries around the world. The goal of the project was to better understand the users of Public Access venues and their needs, this being one of several papers that result from the global study. This paper identifies profiles of the users of the different types of venues with respect to age, income, education and gender. While findings are not new, their value lies in the compelling evidence drawn from 25 countries and across different types of Public Access venues, which has never been done before. Results highlight the importance of strengthening Public Access venues in non-urban settings and to strengthen programs that reach out to underserved populations. The authors also point to special challenges faced by libraries and telecenters given the immense growth of cybercafés as Public Access venues in most of the countries studied.
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Success Factors for Public Access Computing: Beyond Anecdotes of Success
Libraries Telecentres Cybercafes and Public Access to ICT, 2020Co-Authors: Ricardo GomezAbstract:Throughout this book, we have detailed the profile of a Public Access venue user, discussed the role of venue staff in Public Access venues, identified the critical role that trust plays in use of Public Access venues, and demonstrated some barriers to use of venues, as well as explored how gender is situated in the ICT world. In this chapter, we will explore and seek to answer the question: what are the common factors that contribute to the success of Public Access ICT centers, especially in underserved communities?
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Success Factors in Public Access Computing for Development
ICT Influences on Human Development Interaction and Collaboration, 2020Co-Authors: Ricardo GomezAbstract:An exploratory, qualitative study in 25 countries around the world identifies success factors for centers that offer Public Access to Information and Communication Technologies (ICT). The study considered Public libraries, telecenters, and cybercafés, and grouped the findings into four types of success factors: (1) understand and take care of local needs first, (2) train info mediaries and users, (3) build alliances with other venues and collaborate with other community services, and (4) strengthen sustainability. Results corroborate the findings of previous studies of libraries and of telecenters which identify success factors that include the four themes presented. However, this is the first systematic comparison across multiple countries to identify success factors in different types of Public Access venues. The findings highlight critical variables to be considered in policy decisions, funding allocations, and program implementation to reach underserved populations in developing countries with equitable Access and meaningful use of ICT. They also provide valuable direction for future research to better understand the interactions between libraries, telecenters, and cybercafés as venues that can contribute to community development through Public Access to ICT.
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The Negligible Role of Fees as a Barrier to Public Access Computing in Developing Countries
EJISDC: The Electronic Journal on Information Systems in Developing Countries, 2011Co-Authors: Melody Clark, Ricardo GomezAbstract:Public Access to computers and the Internet can play an important role in social and economic development if it effectively helps to meet the needs of underserved populations. Public Access venues such as libraries, telecentres and cybercafes are sometimes free, and sometimes charge user fees. User fees can be an important barrier to use of Public Access venues, especially among underserved communities in developing countries. This paper analyzes the role of user fees and other critical barriers in the use of computers in Public Access venues in 25 developing countries around the world. Results of this study suggest that digital literacy of staff and local relevance of content may be more important than fees in determining user preference for Public Access venues. These findings are important to Public libraries, which tend to offer free services, but where perceptions of digital literacy of staff and locally relevant content tend to be lowest, compared to telecentres and cybercafes, according to the results of this study. More attention to digital literacy of staff and availability of locally relevant content may be more important than free services to meet the information needs of underserved populations.
R. Ambikar - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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HICSS - An assessment of venues providing Public Access to ICT: a tale of 25 countries.
2009 42nd Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, 2009Co-Authors: C. Coward, Ricardo Gomez, R. AmbikarAbstract:This paper is based on a comparative study of venues that provide Public Access to information and communication technologies in 25 countries. We study how diverse people can and do Access and use ICT and what factors influence availability at these venues. Our aim, through such an analysis is first to map what is available through the Public Access venues in these countries and second to arrive at policy recommendations to increase Public Access in these countries.
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An Assessment of Venues Providing Public Access to ICT: A Tale of 25 Countries
2009 42nd Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, 2009Co-Authors: C. Coward, R. Gomez, R. AmbikarAbstract:This paper is based on a comparative study of venues that provide Public Access to information and communication technologies in 25 countries. We study how diverse people can and do Access and use ICT and what factors influence availability at these venues. Our aim, through such an analysis is first to map what is available through the Public Access venues in these countries and second to arrive at policy recommendations to increase Public Access in these countries.
Atsushi Hiraide - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Nationwide Public-Access Defibrillation in Japan
New England Journal of Medicine, 2010Co-Authors: Tetsuhisa Kitamura, Taku Iwami, Hideharu Tanaka, Ken Nagao, Takashi Kawamura, Atsushi HiraideAbstract:BACKGROUND: It is unclear whether dissemination of automated external defibrillators (AEDs) in Public places can improve the rate of survival among patients who have had an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest., METHODS: From January 1, 2005, through December 31, 2007, we conducted a prospective, population-based, observational study involving consecutive patients across Japan who had an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest and in whom resuscitation was attempted by emergency responders. We evaluated the effect of nationwide dissemination of Public-Access AEDs on the rate of survival after an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. The primary outcome measure was the 1-month rate of survival with minimal neurologic impairment. A multivariate logistic-regression analysis was performed to assess factors associated with a good neurologic outcome., RESULTS: A total of 312,319 adults who had an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest were included in the study; 12,631 of these patients had ventricular fibrillation and had an arrest that was of cardiac origin and that was witnessed by bystanders. In 462 of these patients (3.7%), shocks were administered by laypersons with the use of Public-Access AEDs, and the proportion increased, from 1.2% to 6.2%, as the number of Public-Access AEDs increased (P
Tetsuhisa Kitamura - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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incidence and outcome of out of hospital cardiac arrest with Public Access defibrillation
Circulation, 2011Co-Authors: Mie Sasaki, Tetsuhisa Kitamura, Taku Iwami, Shinichi Nomoto, Chika Nishiyama, Tomohiko Sakai, Kayo Tanigawa, Kentaro Kajino, Taro Irisawa, Tatsuya NishiuchiAbstract:Background: Detailed characteristics of those who experience an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) with Public-Access defibrillation (PAD) are unknown. Methods and Results: A prospective, population-based observational study involving consecutive OHCA patients with emergency responder resuscitation attempts was conducted from July 1, 2004 through December 31, 2008 in Osaka City. We extracted data for OHCA patients shocked by a Public-Access automated external defibrillator (AED) and evaluated the patients' and rescuers' characteristics. The main outcome measure was neurologically favorable 1-month survival. During the study period, 10,375 OHCA patients were registered and of 908 patients suffering ventricular fibrillation arrest, 53 (6%) received Public-Access AED shocks by lay-rescuers, with the proportion increasing from 0% in 2004 to 11% in 2008 (P for trend<0.001). Railway stations (34%) were the places where PAD shocks were most frequently delivered, followed by nursing homes (11%), medical facilities (9%), and fitness facilities (7%). In 57% of cases, the subject received Public-Access AED shocks delivered by non-medical persons, including employees of railway companies (13%), school teachers (6%), employees of fitness facilities (6%), and security guards (6%). The proportion of neurologically favorable 1-month survival tended to increase from 0% in 2005 to 58% in 2008 (P for trend=0.081). Conclusions: Railway stations are the most common places where shocks by Public-Access AEDs were delivered in large urban communities of Japan, and among lay-rescuers railway station workers use AEDs more frequently. (Circ J 2011; 75: 2821-2826)
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Nationwide Public-Access Defibrillation in Japan
New England Journal of Medicine, 2010Co-Authors: Tetsuhisa Kitamura, Taku Iwami, Hideharu Tanaka, Ken Nagao, Takashi Kawamura, Atsushi HiraideAbstract:BACKGROUND: It is unclear whether dissemination of automated external defibrillators (AEDs) in Public places can improve the rate of survival among patients who have had an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest., METHODS: From January 1, 2005, through December 31, 2007, we conducted a prospective, population-based, observational study involving consecutive patients across Japan who had an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest and in whom resuscitation was attempted by emergency responders. We evaluated the effect of nationwide dissemination of Public-Access AEDs on the rate of survival after an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. The primary outcome measure was the 1-month rate of survival with minimal neurologic impairment. A multivariate logistic-regression analysis was performed to assess factors associated with a good neurologic outcome., RESULTS: A total of 312,319 adults who had an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest were included in the study; 12,631 of these patients had ventricular fibrillation and had an arrest that was of cardiac origin and that was witnessed by bystanders. In 462 of these patients (3.7%), shocks were administered by laypersons with the use of Public-Access AEDs, and the proportion increased, from 1.2% to 6.2%, as the number of Public-Access AEDs increased (P
C. Coward - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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HICSS - An assessment of venues providing Public Access to ICT: a tale of 25 countries.
2009 42nd Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, 2009Co-Authors: C. Coward, Ricardo Gomez, R. AmbikarAbstract:This paper is based on a comparative study of venues that provide Public Access to information and communication technologies in 25 countries. We study how diverse people can and do Access and use ICT and what factors influence availability at these venues. Our aim, through such an analysis is first to map what is available through the Public Access venues in these countries and second to arrive at policy recommendations to increase Public Access in these countries.
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An Assessment of Venues Providing Public Access to ICT: A Tale of 25 Countries
2009 42nd Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, 2009Co-Authors: C. Coward, R. Gomez, R. AmbikarAbstract:This paper is based on a comparative study of venues that provide Public Access to information and communication technologies in 25 countries. We study how diverse people can and do Access and use ICT and what factors influence availability at these venues. Our aim, through such an analysis is first to map what is available through the Public Access venues in these countries and second to arrive at policy recommendations to increase Public Access in these countries.
