The Digital Divide in Healthcare: A Socio-Cultural Perspective of Digital Health Literacy

Humira Ehrari; Lise  Tordrup; Sune  Dueholm Müller

The Digital Divide in Healthcare: A Socio-Cultural Perspective of Digital Health Literacy

Humira Ehrari, Lise Tordrup, Sune Dueholm Müller^*

^*Corresponding author

Publikation: Bidrag til bog/antologi/rapport › Konferencebidrag i proceedings › Forskning › peer review

Abstract

As the use of IT for health management increases, digital health literacy becomes an important factor. Based on semi-structured interviews, this study presents experts’ perceptions about patients’ abilities to use digital health technologies for health management purposes and their perspectives on the importance of digital health literacy. This sociologically inspired paper will contribute with insights and a multidimensional perspective on the processes of digital health management (field), the importance of patient’s abilities (capital) in improving their health (habitus) from the expert’s perspectives.

Originalsprog	Engelsk
Titel	Proceedings of the 55th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS 2022
Redaktører	Tung X. Bui
Antal sider	10
Forlag	HICSS
Publikationsdato	3 jan. 2022
Sider	4097-4106
ISBN (Elektronisk)	9780998133157
Status	Udgivet - 3 jan. 2022
Udgivet eksternt	Ja
Begivenhed	55th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences - Online, USA Varighed: 3 jan. 2022 → 7 jan. 2022 Konferencens nummer: 55 https://hicss.hawaii.edu/

Konference

Konference	55th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
Nummer	55
Lokation	Online
Land/Område	USA
Periode	03/01/2022 → 07/01/2022
Internetadresse	https://hicss.hawaii.edu/

Navn	Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
ISSN	1060-3425

Link til dokument

The Digital Divide in Healthcare A Socio-Cultural Perspective of Digital Health LiteracyForlagets udgivne version, 366 KBLicens: CC BY-NC-ND

http://hdl.handle.net/10125/79835Licens: CC BY-NC-ND

Citer dette

Ehrari, Humira ; Tordrup, Lise ; Dueholm Müller, Sune . / The Digital Divide in Healthcare : A Socio-Cultural Perspective of Digital Health Literacy. Proceedings of the 55th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS 2022. red. / Tung X. Bui. HICSS, 2022. s. 4097-4106 (Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences).

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The Digital Divide in Healthcare: A Socio-Cultural Perspective of Digital Health Literacy. / Ehrari, Humira; Tordrup, Lise; Dueholm Müller, Sune .
Proceedings of the 55th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS 2022. red. / Tung X. Bui. HICSS, 2022. s. 4097-4106 (Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences).

Publikation: Bidrag til bog/antologi/rapport › Konferencebidrag i proceedings › Forskning › peer review

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