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Titre : | There’s an app for that: educational intervention to promote mobile health management app use in rural Ireland (2022) |
Auteurs : | Janice E. Hawkins, Auteur ; Karen Higgins, Auteur |
Type de document : | Article : texte imprimé |
Dans : | International Journal of Health Promotion and Education (Vol. 60, n° 5, September 2022) |
Article en page(s) : | pp. 273-285 |
Langues: | Anglais |
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Résumé : |
"Throughout the world, individuals who live in rural areas often experience health disparities because of limited access to health-care providers and services (Ahern and Hine 2015; Bauer and Bodenheimer 2017; Reilly 2021). Almost half the world's popula-
tion lives in rural areas and, of those, over half lack health insurance (Ahern and Hine 2015). The shortage of health-care providers in rural areas, lack of health insurance, and remote distance to primary and specialty care services contribute to health disparities (Ahern and Hine 2015). However, the increase in broadband coverage and smartphone ownership can empower rural individuals by providing tools to help them engage in health promoting activities and management of chronic illnesses. This study supports the use of brief educational sessions to increase knowledge, comfort and the likelihood of using Health applications for health promotion. Globally over 5 billion people own smartphones and the number is growing (Kemp 2021). Smartphone ownership ranges from 76% of adults in economically advanced countries to 45% of adults in countries with emerging economies. In most countries, women and men have similar smartphone ownership rates (Silver 2019). Additionally, 90% of the world lives in an area that has access to broadband services (GSMA (Groupe Speciale Mobile Association) 2019). In the United States, rural residents are almost as likely as urban residents to own a smartphone (Pew Research Center 2021). For indivi- duals in rural communities, internet connectivity and smartphone technology can increase access to health-care information, telehealth services, and mobile health (Health) applications." |
Catalogueur : | RESOdoc |
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