Toward digital caregiving network interventions for children with medical complexity living in socioeconomically disadvantaged neighborhoods.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To be usable, useful, and sustainable for families of children with medically complex conditions (CMC), digital interventions must account for the complex sociotechnical context in which these families provide care. CMC experience higher neighborhood socioeconomic disadvantage than other child populations, which has associations with CMC health. Neighborhoods may influence the structure and function of the array of caregivers CMC depend upon (ie, the caregiving network).

Objective

Explore the structures/functions and barriers/facilitators of caregiving networks for CMC living in socioeconomically disadvantaged neighborhoods to inform the design of digital network interventions.

Methods

We conducted 6 virtual focus groups with caregivers of CMC living in soc

SUBMITTER: Werner NE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11878567 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature