OBJECTIVE: to evaluate national and international literature regarding the use of educational technologies to encourage self care in postpartum women. METHOD: an integrative review of the literature. The articles were collected from the CINAHL, SCOPUS, PubMed, SciELO, LILACS and Cochrane databases; the time period for the articles referred to January/2004 to July/2014; the languages used in the articles were Portuguese, English, Spanish and French; the articles were selected from the following descriptors: postpartum care period, educational technology, nursing and self care. Twenty-seven articles were selected for analysis Results: based on the information found, the scales, counseling and home visits were among the most recommended educational technologies. CONCLUSION: the technologies promote communication, but are sometimes dependent on computer and internet access, which hinder their use by low-income women.
OBJECTIVE: to evaluate national and international literature regarding the use of educational technologies to encourage self care in postpartum women. METHOD: an integrative review of the literature. The articles were collected from the CINAHL, SCOPUS, PubMed, SciELO, LILACS and Cochrane databases; the time period for the articles referred to January/2004 to July/2014; the languages used in the articles were Portuguese, English, Spanish and French; the articles were selected from the following descriptors: postpartum care period, educational technology, nursing and self care. Twenty-seven articles were selected for analysis Results: based on the information found, the scales, counseling and home visits were among the most recommended educational technologies. CONCLUSION: the technologies promote communication, but are sometimes dependent on computer and internet access, which hinder their use by low-income women.