VIDEODISC SIMULATION OF INDEPENDENCE & SELF HEALTH CARE

这项研究的主要长期目标是促进 老年人的独立性和自我保健行为。 计算机和视盘技术中的模拟策略和进展 将用于实现这一目标。 通过模拟， 老年人将经历与健康相关的情景， 角色扮演自信的个人，积极参与自己的健康 维护程序 具体而言，模拟设计旨在 增强老年人对自己表达能力的信心 以开放、诚实和直接的方式表达需求、感受和意见。 重点将放在人际行为和适当的 与家庭成员和专业医疗保健提供者的互动。 还有两个目标。 一种是利用光盘模拟 作为一种研究工具，专门收集数据， 并对比老年人和年轻人处理信息的方式， 这种互动技术。 最后一个，在某些方面也是最重要的， 目的是研究如何应用这种非常昂贵的介质， 达到目标受众-老年人。 这项研究将开发一个 描述现有健康信息中的约束的数据库 交付网络，并提出解决方案，以确保商业可行性 模拟视频光盘。

The primary long term objective of this proposed research is to promote independence and self health care behaviors among the elderly population. Simulation strategies and advances in computer and videodisc technology will be applied to accomplish this objective. Through the simulations, older individuals will experience health related scenarios in which they role play assertive individuals, actively participating in their own health maintenance program. Specifically, the simulation design will aim to enhance the aging individual's confidence in his own ability to express his needs, feelings, and opinions in an open, honest, and direct manner. Emphasis will be placed on interpersonal behaviors and appropriate interactions with family members and professional health care providers. Two remaining objectives exist. One is to utilize the videodisc simulation as a research instrument itself, specifically to collect data to compare and contrast the ways old and young individuals process information via this interactive technology. The last, in some ways most important, objective is to study how applications of this very expensive medium can reach the target audience - the elderly. This research will develop a database which describes the constraints in the existing health information delivery network and propose solutions to assure the commercial viability of videodisc simulation.