Challenges and Strategies for Promoting Health Equity in Virtual Care: Protocol for a Scoping Review of Reviews.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The rapid virtualization of health services during the COVID-19 pandemic has drawn increasing attention to the impact of virtual care technologies on health equity. In some circumstances, virtual care initiatives have been shown to increase health disparities, as individuals from underserved communities are less likely to benefit from such initiatives.

Objective

The purpose of this paper is to describe a protocol for a scoping review of reviews that aims to map review-level evidence that describes challenges and strategies for promoting effective engagement with virtual care technologies among underserved communities.

Methods

Our methodology was adapted from seminal scoping review guidelines provided by Arksey and O'Malley, Levac at al, Colquhoun et al, and

SUBMITTER: Fujioka JK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7721627 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature