Educational technologies to encourage (self) care in postpartum 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.