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Research paper thumbnail of Examining Macro and Meso Level Barriers to Hiring Persons with Disabilities: A Scoping Review

Research in Social Science and Disability, 2014

Research paper thumbnail of Experiences of women living with fibromyalgia: an exploratory study of their information needs and preferences

Rheumatology Reports, 2011

Women living with fibromyalgia consistently report experiencing a change in their lives in terms ... more Women living with fibromyalgia consistently report experiencing a change in their lives in terms of stigma, inability to work, isolation from society and difficulty in managing their illness. Lack of understanding and knowledge about their disease has been linked to compromised health and quality of life. The aim of this study was to explore the experiences of information use of women living with fibromyalgia. A descriptive phenomenology was used for this study. Participants were identified through gatekeepers for women living with fibromyalgia across Canada. Data was collected via taperecorded interviews. The study was conducted in Canada between 2009-2010. Ten women (18 or older) participated in the research. Three essential themes emerged from the analysis that were vital to understand the unique experiences of women: i) understanding the need for information required to live with fibromyalgia, ii) struggling to meet vital and fundamental information needs and iii) transforming themselves to improve health and quality of life. Women living with fibromyalgia have vital and specific information needs and struggle to find and access appropriate information. They use diverse strategies in overcoming some of the challenges in accessing information. Most significantly, women draw on the information to make changes and to begin to coordinate their lives to live with fibromyalgia. For women living with fibromyalgia, the phenomenon of information use has a significant effect on their lives. Healthcare providers are perceived as an important source of information and need to be better informed, more prepared and dedicated to assisting women with their information needs.

Research paper thumbnail of Information preferences of people living with fibromyalgia – a survey of their information needs and preferences

Rheumatology Reports, 2011

A lack of understanding about fibromyalgia and how to live with it may undermine the foundations ... more A lack of understanding about fibromyalgia and how to live with it may undermine the foundations of self-management and may compromise quality of life. The purpose of this study was to determine the information needs and preferences pertinent to people living with fibromyalgia. A cross-sectional web-based survey was developed based on conceptual and qualitative work informing information needs. Recruitment took place through hospitals, clinics, physicians and fibromyalgia support groups across Canada. Descriptive statistics using SPSS and graphical representations were employed to summarize and represent data. A total of 442 respondents (93% female, mode age 51-65) participated in the survey. No statistical differences in information needs were found between males and females or education level. Respondents (74%) frequently searched for information about fibromyalgia using a variety of resources including Internet (91%), doctors (75%), support groups (76%), and people with same condition (87%). Respondents expressed a strong need for information about symptoms (81%), implications (79%), treatments (87%), resources (85%) and coping (79%). However, concerns were expressed about the reliability of information and majority (93%) wanted information to be available online that is provided by healthcare providers or from reputable sources. Internet (48%), people with similar condition (35%) and support groups (35%) were perceived as useful resources for people living with fibromyalgia. Information resources need to be developed on the basis of both content and knowledge of the information needs of the target end-user. Healthcare providers and the Internet are expected to be reliable resources of information.

Research paper thumbnail of The quality of websites addressing fibromyalgia: an assessment of quality and readability using standardised tools

BMJ Open, 2011

Background: Patients living with fibromyalgia strongly prefer to access health information on the... more Background: Patients living with fibromyalgia strongly prefer to access health information on the web. However, the majority of subjects in previous studies strongly expressed their concerns about the quality of online information resources.

Research paper thumbnail of Tools to evaluate the quality of web health information

Web health information resources have the potential to educate and empower consumers, by providin... more Web health information resources have the potential to educate and empower consumers, by providing information on the nature of their health problems. However, poor quality information may have detrimental effects on health as consumers typically do not have ...

Research paper thumbnail of Avoidance and Attraction in Virtual Worlds: The Impact of Affiliative Tendency on Collaboration

paulwallace.us

This study investigates the impact of affiliative tendency on collaboration in virtual worlds wit... more This study investigates the impact of affiliative tendency on collaboration in virtual worlds with nonhuman avatars, and human avatars that differ from the user with respect to gender and ethnicity. ... This session will describe Creative Commons license options, how to use Creative Commons work, and how to share products and content with Creative Common licenses. ... This paper will explore the fluid relationship of photography to time, and its connection to multiple technological forces which have conditioned patterns of perception.

Research paper thumbnail of Health information from the web — assessing its quality: a KET intervention

2009 IEEE Toronto International Conference Science and Technology for Humanity (TIC-STH), 2009

The World Wide Web has been recognized as a significant Information and Communication Technology ... more The World Wide Web has been recognized as a significant Information and Communication Technology (ICT) to educate and empower consumers by providing information on their health problems, prevention/management of diseases and related health services. It has the ability to reach those with limited access to information, potential for online support/interaction, access to volumes of information on a wide breadth of

Research paper thumbnail of Examining Macro and Meso Level Barriers to Hiring Persons with Disabilities: A Scoping Review

Research in Social Science and Disability, 2014

Research paper thumbnail of Experiences of women living with fibromyalgia: an exploratory study of their information needs and preferences

Rheumatology Reports, 2011

Women living with fibromyalgia consistently report experiencing a change in their lives in terms ... more Women living with fibromyalgia consistently report experiencing a change in their lives in terms of stigma, inability to work, isolation from society and difficulty in managing their illness. Lack of understanding and knowledge about their disease has been linked to compromised health and quality of life. The aim of this study was to explore the experiences of information use of women living with fibromyalgia. A descriptive phenomenology was used for this study. Participants were identified through gatekeepers for women living with fibromyalgia across Canada. Data was collected via taperecorded interviews. The study was conducted in Canada between 2009-2010. Ten women (18 or older) participated in the research. Three essential themes emerged from the analysis that were vital to understand the unique experiences of women: i) understanding the need for information required to live with fibromyalgia, ii) struggling to meet vital and fundamental information needs and iii) transforming themselves to improve health and quality of life. Women living with fibromyalgia have vital and specific information needs and struggle to find and access appropriate information. They use diverse strategies in overcoming some of the challenges in accessing information. Most significantly, women draw on the information to make changes and to begin to coordinate their lives to live with fibromyalgia. For women living with fibromyalgia, the phenomenon of information use has a significant effect on their lives. Healthcare providers are perceived as an important source of information and need to be better informed, more prepared and dedicated to assisting women with their information needs.

Research paper thumbnail of Information preferences of people living with fibromyalgia – a survey of their information needs and preferences

Rheumatology Reports, 2011

A lack of understanding about fibromyalgia and how to live with it may undermine the foundations ... more A lack of understanding about fibromyalgia and how to live with it may undermine the foundations of self-management and may compromise quality of life. The purpose of this study was to determine the information needs and preferences pertinent to people living with fibromyalgia. A cross-sectional web-based survey was developed based on conceptual and qualitative work informing information needs. Recruitment took place through hospitals, clinics, physicians and fibromyalgia support groups across Canada. Descriptive statistics using SPSS and graphical representations were employed to summarize and represent data. A total of 442 respondents (93% female, mode age 51-65) participated in the survey. No statistical differences in information needs were found between males and females or education level. Respondents (74%) frequently searched for information about fibromyalgia using a variety of resources including Internet (91%), doctors (75%), support groups (76%), and people with same condition (87%). Respondents expressed a strong need for information about symptoms (81%), implications (79%), treatments (87%), resources (85%) and coping (79%). However, concerns were expressed about the reliability of information and majority (93%) wanted information to be available online that is provided by healthcare providers or from reputable sources. Internet (48%), people with similar condition (35%) and support groups (35%) were perceived as useful resources for people living with fibromyalgia. Information resources need to be developed on the basis of both content and knowledge of the information needs of the target end-user. Healthcare providers and the Internet are expected to be reliable resources of information.

Research paper thumbnail of The quality of websites addressing fibromyalgia: an assessment of quality and readability using standardised tools

BMJ Open, 2011

Background: Patients living with fibromyalgia strongly prefer to access health information on the... more Background: Patients living with fibromyalgia strongly prefer to access health information on the web. However, the majority of subjects in previous studies strongly expressed their concerns about the quality of online information resources.

Research paper thumbnail of Tools to evaluate the quality of web health information

Web health information resources have the potential to educate and empower consumers, by providin... more Web health information resources have the potential to educate and empower consumers, by providing information on the nature of their health problems. However, poor quality information may have detrimental effects on health as consumers typically do not have ...

Research paper thumbnail of Avoidance and Attraction in Virtual Worlds: The Impact of Affiliative Tendency on Collaboration

paulwallace.us

This study investigates the impact of affiliative tendency on collaboration in virtual worlds wit... more This study investigates the impact of affiliative tendency on collaboration in virtual worlds with nonhuman avatars, and human avatars that differ from the user with respect to gender and ethnicity. ... This session will describe Creative Commons license options, how to use Creative Commons work, and how to share products and content with Creative Common licenses. ... This paper will explore the fluid relationship of photography to time, and its connection to multiple technological forces which have conditioned patterns of perception.

Research paper thumbnail of Health information from the web — assessing its quality: a KET intervention

2009 IEEE Toronto International Conference Science and Technology for Humanity (TIC-STH), 2009

The World Wide Web has been recognized as a significant Information and Communication Technology ... more The World Wide Web has been recognized as a significant Information and Communication Technology (ICT) to educate and empower consumers by providing information on their health problems, prevention/management of diseases and related health services. It has the ability to reach those with limited access to information, potential for online support/interaction, access to volumes of information on a wide breadth of