Information and Communications Technology

At HHD, information and communications technology is essential to promoting healthy human development. Technology has the capacity to transcend diversity, disparities and distance, thus increasing social cohesion and improving the human condition. It is an agent of change that can impact the quality of life for people around the world.

Information and communications technology is integral to all aspects of our work, from developing and delivering health interventions, resources, and professional development to conducting research and evaluation, designing and managing projects, and communicating important and new information.

We use technology in:

• Health Interventions
  To deliver interventions that educate and equip people with knowledge and skills to improve health, such as CDs for parents showing how to communicate with teenage children about healthy choices.
• Resource Materials
  To provide extensive resources to clients and other professionals through data-driven websites that house publications, literature searches, skill-building tools, contacts for networking and other support resources.
• Professional Development
  To train the workforce through formal and credentialed Web-based courses in key competencies, skills, and networking for effective job performance.
• Collaborative Learning
  To build social networking opportunities for clients to share knowledge and experiences, and form collaborative relationships.
• Research and Evaluation
  To collect and record field data for research and evaluation of our work.
• Project Design and Management
  To equip staff with desktop solutions for creative and cost-effective management processes, research, materials development, and graphic design.
• Communications
  To capture and disseminate the impact of social change on healthy human development through multimedia.