Measuring the digital behavior for health purposes of the Garifuna community in Atlántida, Honduras
Authors
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Carlos Agudelo-Santos
Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras (UNAH); Tegucigalpa, Honduras, 11101.
https://orcid.org/0009-0009-6555-6257
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Isaac Zablah
Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras (UNAH); Tegucigalpa, Honduras, 11101.
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1410-7189
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.70099/BJ/2024.01.01.34Keywords:
Digital behavior, Garifuna, algorithm, ICT, mobile servicesAbstract
Historically, the Garifuna community has been relegated to northern Honduras. The access indicators for the
behavior in telecommunications services of this ethnic group are not known in depth. A sample has been
chosen to study variables such as hours of use of computers and mobiles, the monthly budget for telecommunications services, and characterization of complementary final services, especially the behavior and digital knowledge from the intersection of technology together with an aspect of common knowledge among
the Garifuna, which in this case is proposed to carry out the analysis to be able to encourage and promote
health in terms of the prevention of sexually transmitted diseases (STD). Data were collected electronically
using an instrument between January and May 2022. In the behavior and knowledge of digital technologies,
basic statistics have been used to analyze quantitative data, but an unstructured text analysis algorithm has
been used, together with graph theory, to find the relationships between the terms used by the participants.
The result has been widespread access to telecommunications services, but there is also low knowledge of
the basic concepts associated with these technologies.
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