Reference | Rural areas | Type of health education | Targeted group | Type of ICTa | Function of ICT |
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[28] | Minnesota (USA)b | Coaching on lifestyle behavior change | Residents (n = 9) and community representatives (n = 36): physicians, local employers, the City of New Ulm Chamber of Commerce, churches, the school district, local colleges, the Brown County Public Health Department, and the community at large | Electronic health records, telephone | Identify residents at risk; enroll patients in coaching program |
[27] | Queensland (Australia) | Medical education | Rural community representatives (n = 8): Country Women’s Association, the United Graziers’ Association and the National Farmers’ Federation. | Teleconferencing, telephone | Consult stakeholders about new rural curriculum |
[26] | Georgia (USA) | Prevention of depression | Participants (n = 77): Caregivers = 62 Other groups = 15 | Telephone, Internet | Content of survey question about ICT preferences for dissemination of program |
[25] | Illinois (USA) | Designing exercise programs | Breast cancer survivors (n = 476) | Telephone, Internet | Content of survey question about ICT equipment at home |
[24] | Not specified | Health technology assessment (HTA)c | Rural, remote and Aboriginal populations | Internet web pages Webblogs | Source of user views on a acceptability of a health technology (reviewed) |