Abstract
As the use of IT for health management increases, threats to exacerbate existing health inequalities increases. Through semi-structured expert interviews, this qualitative study aims to examine the SocioCultural characteristics associated with access to and use of technologies for health managing purposes and its relationship with health literacy. Inspired by Bourdieu, the paper uses a socio-cultural perspective to understand the choices and lifestyle of individuals, based on the underlying human mechanisms that may function as determinants of the (in)equality which digitalization of health services may entail. The study focuses on the following question: How do social factors create and reproduce (in)equality in behavioral skills, regarding digital health technologies? The study contributes with a multidimensional perspective on social factors that influences the use and acceptance of digital health technologies from the expert's perspectives.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Proceedings of the 55th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS 2022 |
Editors | Tung X. Bui |
Number of pages | 10 |
Publisher | University of Hawai'i at Manoa |
Publication date | Jan 2022 |
Pages | 4097-4106 |
ISBN (Print) | 978-0-9981331-5-7 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9780998133157 |
Publication status | Published - Jan 2022 |
Event | 55th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS) - Virtual Duration: 3 Jan 2022 → 7 Jan 2022 |
Conference
Conference | 55th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS) |
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Location | Virtual |
Period | 03/01/2022 → 07/01/2022 |