Return-Path: <nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.9.3/8.9.0.Beta5/980425bjb) with SMTP id XAA23251; Sat, 25 Mar 2000 23:42:54 -0500 (EST) Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2000 23:42:54 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <200003260438.GAA27632@lisa.inter.net.il> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: Diane Levin-Zamir & Amos Zamir <diamos@zahav.net.il> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-HEALTH:2303] Re: WEB OFFERS FEW RICHES FOR POOR X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Pro Version 2.1.2 Status: OR Dear Seasmus, Do you have the reference for the Children's Partnership report that you mentioned in your posting? It's very interesting and relevant and I would like to learn more. Thank you! Diane Levin Director, Department fo Health Education and Promotion Clalit Health Services Israel At 12:57 18/03/00 -0500, you wrote: >FYI -- > >WEB OFFERS FEW RICHES FOR POOR >Although low-income and immigrant groups in America are >increasingly gaining access to the Internet, little online >content is geared to their needs, according to a report released >yesterday by the nonprofit Children's Partnership. At least 50 >million Americans are underserved by the Internet because it >lacks information about jobs, housing, and education for these >groups. Out of 1,000 Web sites, the study found only 6 percent >containing information that people living at or below the poverty >line said would interest them. Low-income Americans expressed an >interest in local information about jobs and housing as well as >multilingual content. Although 32 million Americans speak >primarily a language other than English, about 87 percent of Web >pages are in English. In addition, most online content is in >text and graphics rather than sound and video, which are easier >to understand although they require more bandwidth. The sites >that provide accessible and practical information for low-income >and non-English-speaking users belong mostly to community >organizations, schools, and businesses rather than to the >government, the study shows. (Los Angeles Times, 16 March 2000) > >===================================================== > > Regards > > Seamus McMillan > > > > > > >Seamus McMillan, Ph.D. >Office: (952) 937-5134 Fax: (952) 975-9708 >E-Mail: sm@smcmillan.com (preferred) or smcm@aol.com > WWW: http://www.labmed.umn.edu/~seamus/ > >Delphi Assoc. Inc., |16526 W. 78th St.|Second Source Alliance, >smcm@DelphiGrp.com |Suite 197, |seamus@secondsource.org >http://www.DelphiGrp.com |Eden Prairie, |(952) 975-6078 > |MN 55346-4358. |http://www.secondsource.org > > >
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