Social Health Inequalities and eHealth: A Literature Review With Qualitative Synthesis of Theoretical and Empirical Studies.

ABSTRACT:

Background

eHealth is developing rapidly and brings with it a promise to reduce social health inequalities (SHIs). Yet, it appears that it also has the potential to increase them.

Objectives

The general objective of this review was to set out how to ensure that eHealth contributes to reducing SHIs rather than exacerbating them. This review has three objectives: (1) identifying characteristics of people at risk of experiencing social inequality in health; (2) determining the possibilities of developing eHealth tools that avoid increasing SHI; and (3) modeling the process of using an eHealth tool by people vulnerable to SHI.

Methods

Following the EPPI approach (Evidence for Policy and Practice of Information of the Institute of Education at the University of London), tw

SUBMITTER: Latulippe K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5427250 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature