E-book
Vulnerable families as e-consumers [electronic resource] : current attitudes, behaviours and barriers to e-information / report prepared for Industry Canada's Contributions Program for Non-profit Consumers and Voluntary Organisations.
The main objective of this exploratory study was to provide a better understanding of the current practices related to the access and use of product safety information among vulnerable families in four Canadian regions.
Record details
- Physical Description: 1 electronic text (ii, 69 p.) : col. ill., digital file.
- Publisher: Ottawa, Ont. : Canadian Association of Family Resource Programs, [2010]
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "June, 2010." Issued as part of the desLibris documents collection. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 43-48). |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Acknowledgements and community profiles -- Executive summary -- Summary of findings -- Conclusion and recommendations. 1. Introduction. 1.1. Project background; 1.2. Theoretical foundation; 1.3. Review of the literature. 1.3.1. The digital divide; 1.3.2. Lessons learned from other research projects/best practices; 1.3.3. New definitions of literacies; 1.3.4. E-learning framework for Canada -- II. Design. II.1. Sample; II.2. Limitation of the study -- III. Data collection. III.1. Parent and practitioner survey -- IV. Data analysis. V. Findings and discussion. V. 1. Profiles of practitioners and parents; V. 2. Findings related to skills (technological and language) necessary for accessing and using information from the internet. V. 2. 1. Theme 1. General issues emerging from accessing and using the Internet from the perspectives of parents; V. 2. 2. Theme 2. Skills required and perceived barriers to accessing and using the Internet from the perspectives of parents and practitioners -- V. 3. Findings related to knowledge about the availability and benefits of product safety information from the perspectives of parents and practitioners. V. 3. 1. Theme 1. Knowledge about the availability of product safety information from the perspectives of parents; V. 3. 2. Them 2. Knowledge about the benefits of product safety information from the perspectives of parents and practitioners -- V. 4. Findings related to the factors that influence access and use of product safety information. V. 4. 1. Theme 1. Factors that influence access to product safety information from the perspectives of parents and practitioners; V. 4. 2. Theme 2. Factors that influence use of product safety information from the perspectives of parents and practitioners -- V. 5. Findings related to the delivery preferences and the needs of the families and strategies that enhance access and use of product safety information. V. 5. 1. Theme 1. Delivery preferences of parents and practitioners and the needs of families; V. 5. 2. Theme 2. Identification of strategies that enhance access and use from the perspectives of parents and practitioners -- VI. Conclusion and recommendations -- List of tables -- List of figures -- Appendices. |
| System Details Note: | Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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