Linda Pettersson: Accessibility of eHealth as perceived by people with impairment

On 8 November 2024, Linda Pettersson, PhD student in the research group Public health, working life and rehabilitation, will hold her licentiate seminar for the degree of Licentiate in Medicine.

From the abstract:

Pettersson, L. 2024. Accessibility of eHealth as perceived by people with impairment. Cross-sectional surveys across the COVID-19 pandemic. Uppsala: Uppsala University.

Background:

For sustainable development, in line with legislation and human rights, eHealth should fit the needs of frequent healthcare users. This was put to the test by the social distancing policies of the Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, when eHealth was used as an infection protection measure.

Overall aim:

The overall aim was to contribute to knowledge on accessibility of eHealth. Accessibility was investigated by use and difficulty in the use of eHealth among people with and without impairment, as well as between different types of impairment, and by comparing before the COVID-19 pandemic to during late social distancing restrictions in Sweden.

Main supervisor:

• Catharina Gustavsson, Docent at Center for Clinical Research Dalarna

Co-supervisor:

• Ingrid Demmelmaier, Researcher and Docent in Physiotherapy at Department of Public Health and Caring Sciences; Public health, working life and rehabilitation
• Stefan Johansson, PhD KTH, Certec

Chairperson:

• Maria Hägglund, Senior Lecturer/Docent at Department of Women's and Children's Health; Participatory eHealth and Health Data Research Group

Examinator:

• Ulrika Pöder, Senior Lecturer/Docent at Department of Public Health and Caring Sciences; Caring Sciences

Examining committee:

• Maria Hägglund, Senior Lecturer/Docent at Department of Women's and Children's Health; Participatory eHealth and Health Data Research Group
• Docent Patrik Wennberg, Umeå university
• Maria Fjellfeldt, Docent, Senior Lecturer, Dalarna university
• Johan Ärnlöv, Professor, Karolinska institutet