title: eSalud: designing and implementing culturally competent ehealth research with latino patient populations.
abstract: eHealth is characterized by technology-enabled processes, systems, and applications that expedite accurate, real-time health information, feedback, and skill development to advance patient-centered care. When designed and applied in a culturally competent manner, eHealth tools can be particularly beneficial for traditionally marginalized ethnic minority groups, such as Latinos, a group that has been identified as being at the forefront of emerging technology use in the United States. In this analytic overview, we describe current eHealth research that has been conducted with Latino patient populations. In addition, we highlight cultural and linguistic factors that should be considered during the design and implementation of eHealth interventions with this population. With increasing disparities in preventive care information, behaviors, and services, as well as health care access in general, culturally competent eHealth tools hold great promise to help narrow this gap and empower communities.
authors.affiliation: David Victorson, Jeremiah Smith, Lauren Languido, Elaine Shen, and Sandra Gutierrez are with the Department of Medical Social Sciences, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL. Jennifer Banas, Evelyn Cordero, and Lucia Flores are with the Department of Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Athletics, Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Victorson
authors.forename: Jennifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Banas
authors.forename: Jeremiah
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: Lauren
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Languido
authors.forename: Elaine
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Shen
authors.forename: Sandra
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gutierrez
authors.forename: Evelyn
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Cordero
authors.forename: Lucia
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Flores
mesh_terms: D054521:Cultural Competency; D006293:Health Promotion; D006630:Hispanic or Latino; D006801:Humans; D057226:Information Seeking Behavior; D016730:Program Development; D012106:Research; D017216:Telemedicine