Use of eco-mapping in health services research: a scoping review protocol.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

People with complex health and social needs often require care from different providers and services. Identifying their existing sources of support could assist with addressing potential gaps and opportunities for enhanced service delivery. Eco-mapping is an approach used to visually capture people's social relationships and their linkages to the larger social systems. As it is an emerging and promising approach in the health services field, a scoping review on eco-mapping is warranted. This scoping review aims to synthesise the empirical literature that has focused on the application of eco-mapping by describing characteristics, populations, methodological approaches and other features of eco-mapping in health services research.

Methods and analysis

This scopin

SUBMITTER: Saragosa M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10230964 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature