Health Communicatıon During The Pandemic: A Research For Health Care Professionals (original) (raw)

Health communication, which is as essential as health, needs to be reexamined in developing and changing circumstances. In the pandemic, the health sector was intensely affected, as in all areas. In this process, the need for communication technologies has increased. Some that are already being digitalized have gained momentum and have been subjected to digital transformation. Following this, we are in a period where health care professionals and patients are using these technologies intensively. With the pandemic, old habits have changed, and new ones that are important for digital skills have been replaced. Many digital things have been included in our lives, such as video conferences, events starting with "distance" Therefore, to understand the new communication opportunities in health, these developments in digitalization and health have required detailed analysis. With this study, in-depth information was tried to be obtained by conducting qualitative research about health care professionals and their use of communication technologies. As a result of the analysis, four themes related to technology usage reasons and the perception of health care employees were obtained. Accordingly, the use of communication technologies in health communication has increased. Health care professionals and their patients use phones and tablets to accomplish their communicative activities and benefit from various aspects.