E-health: psychosocial challenges for South Australian rural mental health consumers.

CONCLUSION: This quantitative investigation sought to describe the barriers to and enablers of internet use generally, based on the assumption that before people will use the internet for health, they need to be prepared to use it for general purposes. The model proposed in the current research offers an indication of some of the factors that may influence rural mental health consumers' use of the internet for both general and health purposes. To appropriately design future e-health initiatives, the initial focus must be on consumers' individual capacity and willingness to use the internet generally. Policymakers and service providers are acutely interested in leveraging internet use to facilitate positive health outcomes. Understanding the factors that affect rural mental health consumers' use of the internet in general is beneficial in informing the efficient allocation of resources and the appropriate design of e-health initiatives to produce innovative solutions. PMID: 31394040 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Rural and Remote Health - Category: Rural Health Tags: Rural Remote Health Source Type: research