Using technology to enhance community health and territorial resources access
Abstract
Improving access to health information and territorial resources can be a way to help strengthen health-related quality of life perception in disadvantaged communities. We argue that, in countries facing diverse economic and social disparities and challenges, technology can be leveraged to improve communities’ access to evidence-based, up-to-date, comprehensive, and culturally appropriate supportive territorial resources, thereby improving individuals’ quality of life, especially for those living with one or more chronic diseases. This paper discusses the benefits of introducing and designing a user-friendly, relevant, and effective web-based technology to broaden patients’ access to healthcare resources and tailored health information, supporting community-based quality of life transformation.
Citation
Portela , D S , Webber , T & Bowles , J 2023 , ' Using technology to enhance community health and territorial resources access ' , Studies in Health Technology and Informatics , vol. 305 , pp. 307-310 . https://doi.org/10.3233/shti230490
Publication
Studies in Health Technology and Informatics
Status
Peer reviewed
ISSN
0926-9630Type
Journal article
Rights
Copyright © 2023 The authors and IOS Press. This article is published online with Open Access by IOS Press and distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License 4.0 (CC BY-NC 4.0).
Description
Funding: Partially supported by FWF Meitner Project M-3338.Collections
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