Report on the use of communication technology by a sample of public health professionals in NSW

Carlie-Jane Naylor; D. Lynne Madden; Deborah J. Oong

doi:10.1071/NB09S21

RESEARCH ARTICLE

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Report on the use of communication technology by a sample of public health professionals in NSW

Carlie-Jane Naylor ^A ^D , D. Lynne Madden ^A ^B and Deborah J. Oong ^C

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^A Public Health Training and Development Branch, NSW Department of Health

^B Australasian Faculty of Public Health Medicine, Royal Australasian College of Physicians

^C Corporate Governance and Risk Management Branch, NSW Department of Health

^D Corresponding author. Email: carlie.naylor@doh.health.nsw.gov.au

NSW Public Health Bulletin 20(2) 7-21 https://doi.org/10.1071/NB09S21
Published: 30 June 2009

Abstract

A qualitative survey was carried out with a small sample of senior public health professionals to describe: the types of communication technology that they currently use; the situations in which they apply these at work; and their interest in pursuing these techniques in the future. Six techniques were investigated: teleconferencing, web bulletin boards, web conferencing, videoconferencing, media streaming and satellite television.

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