Extending a literature review, the paper gives an overview of inhibiting and facilitating factors associated with the use of information and communications technology (ICT) of older adults. The paper takes the position that there is no prototypical “elderly user” but that there is a wide heterogeneity of personal characteristics such as cognitive and motivational states and experiences in old a...

Background: Lack of adherence to cardiovascular therapies prevents the effectiveness of therapeutic interventions. The present study was conducted to determine the role of information and communication technology (ICT) in predicting adherence to treatment in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD). Methods: This was a cross sectional study with a predictive correlational design that was pe...

Blockchain technology, while still challenged with key limitations, is a transformative Information and Communications Technology (ICT) that has changed our notion of trust. Improved efficiencies for agricultural sustainable development has been demonstrated when ICT-enabled farms have access to knowledge banks and other digital resources. UN FAO-recommended ICT e-agricultural infrastructure co...

To date, the adoption and diffusion of technology-enabled solutions to deliver better healthcare has been slow. There are many reasons for this. One of the most significant is that the existing methodologies that are normally used in general for Information and Communications Technology (ICT) implementations tend to be less successful in a healthcare context. This paper describes a knowledge-ba...

The proliferations of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) and an increase in the number of external students and of the digital youth have put considerable pressure upon university staff to adopt ICT in their pedagogy. However, these challenges that include ICT technical skills and pedagogy require staff to continuously engage in Professional Development (PD), which might require re...

This study investigates factors that affect the adoption of information and communications technology (ICT) in Africa. The study also compares the ICT adoption factors in African nations with that of developed nations, represented by the Organization of Economic and Cooperative Development (OECD) over a period of over 21years. Using a large set of data from World Bank and pooled regression anal...

This paper reports on two case studies, the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) adoption among small businesses conducted in both United States and China. One small business from Nebraska (United States of America) and one small business from Sichuan (China) were chosen for comparison. The purpose of this paper is to conduct a comparative case study based on the ICT adoption among s...

the purpose of this paper is to examine the threats and opportunities that information and communication technology (ict) has created with regard to sexual inequality. research shows that the education of ict, which is concentrated on women, directly increases their media knowledge and modifies inequalities created mainly by the family and the educational system in the socialization process, pr...

We analyze discourse on Information Communications Technology (ICT) forums on the Web to extract relevant messages on the issues and challenges raised, the experiences shared, and the policies framed for developing countries. Using dramatistic analysis, we explore specific language of the discourse from actual discussion texts and examine how these discussions reveal a shared drama that helps s...