Thanks for the feedback! I think I may have been somewhat unclear in my previous email. When I mentioned health, I meant the vitality of particular social ties, since theory suggests that when people move far enough, some of their social ties detiriorate. I am not actually looking at illnesses as they relate to physical health or technology use :), although I am finding that illness can be a cause of residential mobility sometimes. However, my main concern right now is research that has considered technology use in the context of residential mobility. Any references to that would be much appreciated. Irina At 12:59 PM 10/18/2004 -0400, you wrote:
Hi Irina,
I am a graduate student in HCI at Carnegie Mellon University and am starting my dissertation on the topic of residential mobility as a natural experiment on the health of social ties (how people use/don't use technology for keeping in touch and creating new relationships and whether
There is some research in HIV/AIDS that shows strong reliance on technology to share treatment information. Your work might be easier if you picked a particular illness and looked at the literature from that point of view.
they are successful). I am specifically interested in migration within country, not international migration. I was wondering if anyone knows of
Also within HIV/AIDS, many migrate to large cities as these tend to have speciality clinics, more social services and community resources. I don't know of any literature on this, the information is more anecdotal.
Laura _
Laura O'Grady Ph.D. Candidate OISE / University of Toronto Toronto, ON, Canada
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