Luis Sauchay Romero, Ludmilla da Silva Viana Jacobson, Sandra de Souza Hacon
Cerebrovascular mortality: trend and seasonality in Brazilian capitals, 2000-2019
Revista de saude publica
purpose study investigate effectiveness homebased intervention using social media enhance social networks young people disabilities communication difficulties eight young people mage 154 years communication disabilities participated two rural australian towns intervention provided assistive technology training learn social media use mixedmethod design combined pre postassessments measuring changes performance satisfaction performance attainment social media goals social network extension interviews investigated way intervention influenced social participation participants showed increase performance satisfaction performance canadian occupational performance measure paired ttests showed statistical significance p 001 wilcoxon signed ranks revealed significant increase number online communication partners p 005 interviews highlighted participants parents perceptions increased social connections improved communication frequency nature speech intelligibility literacy result intervention findings suggest learning use social media leads increase social participation among ruralbased young people communication disabilities order benefit advantages learning use social media rural areas parents service providers need knowledge skills integrate assistive technology internet needs group