AbstractBackground: Today technology covers all work sectors through out the world, including health sector. E-Health is a broad term, defined by WHO as the use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) for health. It may involve communication between healthcare providers forsuch activities as online referrals, electronic prescribing and sharing of electronic health records. It can also provide access to information database, knowledge resources and decision support tool to guide service delivery. E-Health has the potential to not only improve health, but also decrease healthcare costs, enhance scientific understanding of health issues, increasing equity of healthcare and improve communication between and amongst healthcare providers. In a more philosophical sense it has been suggested E-Health is ‘a commitment for networked, global thinking, to improve healthcare locally, globally and worldwide by using information and communication technology.
Problem Statement: A Descriptive study to assess attitude regarding E-Health among B.Sc. Nursing 1st Year students of Selected College of Nursing, Amritsar, Punjab.
Objectives: 1. To assess attitude regarding E-Health among B.Sc.Nursing 1st year students.
2. To as certain association of attitude regarding E-Health among B.Sc. Nursing 1st year students with selected socio-demographic variables.
Material and Method: A descriptive study was conducted to assess the attitude regarding E-Health among 65 B.Sc nursing 1st year students, who were selected by using convenient sampling technique. The knowledge regarding E-Health was assessed using attitude scale. Results: Results revealed that all (100%) the students had positive regarding E-Health.
Conclusion: The result of the studydemonstrates that all of the students had positive attitude regarding E-Health.