Integration of conversion factors for the development of an inclusive eHealth tool that contributes to curbing social health inequalities: exploration and experimentation with caregivers of functionally dependent older persons


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État de publication: Publiée (2020 Août )

Nom de la revue: Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volume: 7

Numéro: 3

URL: https://humanfactors.jmir.org/2020/3/e18120

Résumé: eHealth can help reduce social health inequalities (SHIs); at the same time, it also has the potential to increase them. Several conversion factors can be integrated into the development of an eHealth tool to make it inclusive: (1) providing physical, technical, and financial access to eHealth; (2) enabling the integration of people at risk of SHIs into the research and development of digital projects targeting such populations (co-design or participatory research); (3) promoting consistency between the digital health literacy level of future users (FUs) and the eHealth tool; (4) developing an eHealth tool that is consistent with the technological skills of FUs; (5) ensuring that the eHealth tool is consistent with the help-seeking process of FUs; (6) respecting the learning capacities of FUs; and (7) being sensitive to FUs’ cultural context. However, only little empirical evidence pointing out how these conversion factors can be integrated into an effective eHealth tool is available.

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