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ArticleAgeing international2022

The Impact of an Internet Use Promotion Programme on Communication, Internet Use, and the Extent of Social Networks among Low-Income Older Adults.

Jinsook Kim, Jennifer A Gray, James R Ciesla, Ping Yao

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Article in Ageing international, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Observational
  2. Digital Divides in Older People: Assessment of Digital Competencies and Proposals for Meaningful Inclusion.European journal of investigation in health, psychology and education · 2025
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  4. Social Connectedness in Older Adults: The Potential of Social Internet Use to Maintain a Strong and Stable Personal Network.The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Jinsook KimSchool of Health Studies, Northern Illinois University, Wirtz Hall 254, DeKalb, Illinois 60115 USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8616-1988
Jennifer A GraySchool of Health Studies, Northern Illinois University, Wirtz Hall 254, DeKalb, Illinois 60115 USA.
James R CieslaCollege of Health and Human Services, Bowling Green State University, 105 Health and Human Services Building, Bowling Green, OH 43403 USA.
Ping YaoSchool of Health Studies, Northern Illinois University, Wirtz Hall 254, DeKalb, Illinois 60115 USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We examined whether an internet use promotion intervention influences low-income older adults' communication modes, internet use, and social networks using existing data collected for an intervention. Participants living in public senior housing facilities in the United States (

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Internet useInterventionOlder adultsProgramme evaluationSocial networks

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PMID34305212
PMCPMC8294218

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