Understanding Personal Determinants in the Adoption of Telesurveillance in Elder Home Care by Community Health Workers

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ID6076437
AutoresClaude Vincent (0000-0001-5292-4035, Université Laval), Daniel Reinharz (Université Laval), Isabelle Deaudelin (Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation), Mathieu Garceau (Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation), Lise R Talbot (Université de Sherbrooke)
Año2007
Volumen15
Número3
Páginas99-118
Fecha de publicación2007-10-15
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Community Practice (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1070-5422 • E-ISSN: 1543-3706
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1300/j125v15n03_06
OpenAlexW2048234692
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas1
Referencias citadas20

It would be useful to better understand the personal determinants of successful interventions in the community, especially those interventions already recognized for their efficacy and efficiency, such as elder home care telesurveillance. This is a modality of health care services that transmits, via a call center on a 24/7 basis, the clinical information necessary to follow elders outside medical centers. Community health workers refer elders to this service. A qualitative research design was realized to understand why so much difference in the implementation of this service had arisen in two comparable sites previously judged receptive. The research objectives were as follows: (1) to document the personal determinants associated with telesurveillance adoption by community health workers, in two sites previously judged receptive; and (2) to point out the personal determinants that can explain successful adoption of telesurveillance. According to the Theory of Interpersonal Behavior, the results showed that habits (e.g., community health workers' knowledge of new information technologies) and perceived barriers in clinical practice were fundamental determinants in the adoption of telesurveillance

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