title: Educational technologies to encourage (self) care in postpartum women.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  to evaluate national and international literature regarding the use of educational technologies to encourage self care in postpartum women.
  
  
  METHODS
  an integrative review of the literature. The articles were collected from the CINAHL, SCOPUS, PubMed, SciELO, LILACS and Cochrane databases; the time period for the articles referred to January/2004 to July/2014; the languages used in the articles were Portuguese, English, Spanish and French; the articles were selected from the following descriptors: postpartum care period, educational technology, nursing and self care. Twenty-seven articles were selected for analysis Results: based on the information found, the scales, counseling and home visits were among the most recommended educational technologies.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  the technologies promote communication, but are sometimes dependent on computer and internet access, which hinder their use by low-income women.
authors.affiliation: Programa de Pós-Graduação Cuidados Clínicos em Enfermagem e Saúde, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Estadual do Ceará, Fortaleza, CE, Brazil.
authors.forename: Eryjosy Marculino Guerreiro
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Barbosa
authors.affiliation: Programa de Pós-Graduação Cuidados Clínicos em Enfermagem e Saúde, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Estadual do Ceará, Fortaleza, CE, Brazil.
authors.forename: Albertina Antonielly Sydney de
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Sousa
authors.affiliation: Graduação em Enfermagem, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Estadual do Ceará, Fortaleza, CE, Brazil.
authors.forename: Mardênia Gomes Ferreira
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Vasconcelos
authors.affiliation: Graduação em Enfermagem, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Estadual do Ceará, Fortaleza, CE, Brazil.
authors.forename: Rhanna Emanuela Fontenele Lima de
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Carvalho
authors.affiliation: Odontologia e Enfermagem, Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, CE, Brazil.
authors.forename: Mônica Oliveira Batista
authors.initials: MO
authors.lastname: Oriá
authors.affiliation: Programa de Pós-Graduação Cuidados Clínicos em Enfermagem e Saúde, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Estadual do Ceará, Fortaleza, CE, Brazil.
authors.forename: Dafne Paiva
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Rodrigues
mesh_terms: D018961:Educational Technology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011181:Postnatal Care; D012648:Self Care