Policymaker perspectives on self-management of disease and disabilities using information and communication technologies.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Policies that support health self-management are malleable and highly dependent on various factors that influence governments. Within a world that is shifting toward digitalization due to pressures such as the COVID-19 pandemic and labor shortages, policymaking on older adults' self-management of chronic diseases and disability using information and communication technologies (ICTs) needs to be better understood. Using the province of Ontario, in Canada, as a case study, the research question was What is the environment that policymakers must navigate through in development and implementation of policies related to older adults' self-management of disease and disability using information and communication technologies (ICTs)?

Methods

This study used a qualitative

SUBMITTER: Gauthier-Beaupre A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10264873 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature