Website Search Results for: digital divide
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Date: Oct 28, 2015
Federal Communications Commissioner Ajit Pai discusses the critical need to expand broadband deployment in rural communities and the promise that broadband holds for rural healthcare. - The Rural Monitor
...digital divide in this country is between urban Americans, who can choose from multiple high...
Date: Jul 2018
Examines data from a rural, community-based trial of the Pathways for African American Success (PAAS) program intended to decrease adolescent risk behavior through evidence-based programs. Identifies program content and compares attendance for an in-person group program. Discusses home-mailed educational materials and self-directed, technology-based sessions to determine which is the most effective method for reaching rural African American communities.
...Digital Divide: Delivery Modality and Family Attendance in the Pathways for African American Success (PAAS...
Date: Dec 2018
Presents a congressional hearing from the House Energy & Commerce Committee on the Repack Airwaves Yielding Better Access for Users of Modern Services (RAY BAUM'S) Act, which reauthorized the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) with reforms intended to help promote the deployment of broadband. Includes provisions targeted towards increasing broadband access for rural and tribal areas. Features testimony from representatives of the National Association of Broadcasters, Competitive Carriers Association, APCO International, and the Milwaukee Public Broadcast Station.
...Digital Divide --- Presents a congressional hearing from the House Energy & Commerce Committee on the Repack...
Date: Jan 2019
Describes broadband Internet access issues in rural and underserved areas and federal assistance programs in place to help address these issues. Includes information on support specific to rural healthcare.
...Digital Divide: Federal Assistance Programs --- Describes broadband Internet access issues in rural and underserved areas...
Date: 2019
Provides discussion and analysis on the factors influencing broadband subscription rates, including information based on service availability and community attributes. Describes rural specific examples and contexts throughout.
...Digital Divide: Identifying the Supply and Demand Factors That Drive Internet Subscription Rates --- Provides discussion...
Reviewed: Jun 4, 2019
Considerations for integrating technology into transportation program efforts in rural communities.
...Digital Divide: Accessibility and Connectivity in Rural Communities Document Covers key transportation and technology challenges...
Date: Jun 2020
Provides an overview of wireless networks and the development and deployment of 5G networks. Describes challenges of expanding networks to rural and low-income communities. Discusses the potential impact of 5G deployment on the digital divide between rural and urban areas. Offers recommendations regarding performance goals and mitigating the digital divide.
...digital divide between rural and urban areas. Offers recommendations regarding performance goals and mitigating the digital...
Date: Jul 2020
Recording of a July 28, 2020 briefing that features a panel of health care providers discussing strategies to improve access to broadband internet and telehealth services in California. Offers perspectives from a Federally Qualified Health Center and a VA health system that serve rural California residents. Transcript available by clicking the dots above the Subscribe tab, then selecting Open Transcript.
...Digital Divide & Telehealth Access for Low-Income Californians --- Recording of a July 28, 2020 briefing...
Date: Dec 2020
Report examining the digital divide in access to mobile broadband service for certain populations, including rural areas. Discusses age of mobile and WiFi technology and compiles speed test data to analyze access at the county level. Presents population data based on race, household size, employment, and offers maps of approximate LTE speeds by county.
...Digital Divide in U.S. Mobile Technology and Speeds --- Report examining the digital divide in access...
Date: Jan 13, 2021
Dolores E. Roybal, executive director of Con Alma Health Foundation, discusses how her foundation partnered with other funders to provide almost $2 million in grants and created an advisory committee of immigrant-led, immigrant-serving organizations to address barriers limiting access to services. - The Rural Monitor
...digital divide where we really have inadequate broadband, and it affects our health, telehealth, our education...