Abstract

Agriculture for Life is an online product of health promotion content for farmers, ranchers, and their family members who are impacted by issues of disability, chronic health conditions, and aging. The process of developing the content is described. The author team began by using an action research method developed for creating consumer health information and the process was initiated by gathering of data to identify the information needs of Oklahoma farmers and ranchers with health concerns or disability status. After the needs assessment, selected searches of the research literature were conducted to ascertain the best levels of evidence for online programing, including finding examples of online programs with outcome data and use of adult learning theory. The prefacing work of content creation was initiated by reviewing key documents related to web accessibility, design conventions, and online ethics. The article describes the systematic process of creating the online product.

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