title: Considering the socio-cultural impact of e-health.
abstract: e-Health projects are being implemented globally in low-income countries as a response to the identified inequality and inequity of access to health services for poor populations with a great burden of disease. These projects are seen to offer solutions that provide quality care at a low cost. Limited research is done on the sustainability of these projects. Even less addresses the socio-cultural impact on the host communities. Based on experience of living with a remote community in Ghana, this paper explores the needs of one community, and how e-Health has the ability to meet those needs using different solutions. Also examined are the potential positive and negative impacts that e-Health might yield on the people and their surroundings were e-health solutions to be introduced.
authors.affiliation: BHSc Program, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
authors.forename: Jolene
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hunter
authors.forename: Richard E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Scott
mesh_terms: D003469:Culture; D005869:Ghana; D006801:Humans; D012922:Social Change; D017216:Telemedicine