The Use of Mobile Health to Assist Self-management and Access to Services in a Rural Community.
Comput Inform Nurs
; 37(2): 62-72, 2019 Feb.
Article
em En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-30543532
ABSTRACT
The purpose of this study was to explore the barriers to and needs for using mobile health technology to assist low-income Asian American and Pacific Islander participants living in rural Hawaii in their healthcare. Three focus groups consisting of patients, family support/significant others, and providers (N = 19) were conducted to assess the unique needs of low-income Asian American and Pacific Islander patients in rural Hawaii. The electronic health literacy scale was also used among participants in the patients and family support/significant other groups. The total electronic health literacy means were 23.57 (SD = 9.71) among participants in the patient group, 34.50 (SD = 7.78) in the family support/significant others group, and 35.67 (SD = 4.56) in the providers group. The qualitative analysis yielded categories with three main themes value of mobile health, stumbling blocks to mobile health, and mobile health wish list and subthemes. Practice implications include uses of these findings to integrate future versions of mobile health that will promote effective communication and information specifically to diverse low-income populations.
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Temas:
ECOS
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Equidade_desigualdade
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Gestao
Bases de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
População Rural
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Telemedicina
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Autogestão
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Acessibilidade aos Serviços de Saúde
Tipo de estudo:
Qualitative_research
Aspecto:
Determinantes_sociais_saude
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Equity_inequality
Limite:
Adult
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
País/Região como assunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Comput Inform Nurs
Assunto da revista:
ENFERMAGEM
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INFORMATICA MEDICA
Ano de publicação:
2019
Tipo de documento:
Article