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Revista Salud Uninorte
versión impresa ISSN 0120-5552versión On-line ISSN 2011-7531
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ROMERO MASSA, Elizabeth; HERRERA LIAN, Arleth; FLOREZ TORRES, Inna Elida y MONTALVO PRIETO, Amparo. ICT and social support: a response from nursing in Cartagena (Colombia). Salud, Barranquilla [online]. 2010, vol.26, n.2, pp.325-338. ISSN 0120-5552.
The caring experience for people with chronic disease develops potentialities and risks that deserve recognition. The chronic illness impact in family, human development, problems of role, interpersonal interactions and care for caregiver him/herself, determine the presence of formal and informal self-help groups. It is presented an overview of the conceptual aspects of chronicity from an epidemiologi-cal point of view, its impact on the caretaker, and the proposal of social support through information technologies and communication technologies (ICTs), using radio and the Web, from School of Nursing care group at the University of Cartagena, aimed to strengthening caregivers, networking support and make visible its condition.
Palabras clave : Caregivers; chronic illness; social support; nursing; information technology.