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Reducing intervention- and research-induced inequalities to tackle the digital divide in health promotion

Social inequalities are an important contributor to the global burden of disease within and between countries. Using digital technology in health promotion and healthcare is seen by some as a potential lever to reduce these inequalities; however, research suggests that digital technology risks re-en...

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Autores principales: König, Laura M., Krukowski, Rebecca A., Kuntsche, Emmanuel, Busse, Heide, Gumbert, Laura, Gemesi, Kathrin, Neter, Efrat, Mohamed, Nor Firdous, Ross, Kathryn M., John-Akinola, Yetunde O., Cooper, Rosie, Allmeta, Anila, Silva, Anabelle Macedo, Forbes, Cynthia C., Western, Max J.
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Publicado: BioMed Central 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10696856/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/38049789
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12939-023-02055-6
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author König, Laura M.
Krukowski, Rebecca A.
Kuntsche, Emmanuel
Busse, Heide
Gumbert, Laura
Gemesi, Kathrin
Neter, Efrat
Mohamed, Nor Firdous
Ross, Kathryn M.
John-Akinola, Yetunde O.
Cooper, Rosie
Allmeta, Anila
Silva, Anabelle Macedo
Forbes, Cynthia C.
Western, Max J.
author_facet König, Laura M.
Krukowski, Rebecca A.
Kuntsche, Emmanuel
Busse, Heide
Gumbert, Laura
Gemesi, Kathrin
Neter, Efrat
Mohamed, Nor Firdous
Ross, Kathryn M.
John-Akinola, Yetunde O.
Cooper, Rosie
Allmeta, Anila
Silva, Anabelle Macedo
Forbes, Cynthia C.
Western, Max J.
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description Social inequalities are an important contributor to the global burden of disease within and between countries. Using digital technology in health promotion and healthcare is seen by some as a potential lever to reduce these inequalities; however, research suggests that digital technology risks re-enacting or evening widening disparities. Most research on this digital health divide focuses on a small number of social inequality indicators and stems from Western, educated, industrialized, rich, and democratic (WEIRD) countries. There is a need for systematic, international, and interdisciplinary contextualized research on the impact of social inequality indicators in digital health as well as the underlying mechanisms of this digital divide across the globe to reduce health disparities. In June 2023, eighteen multi-disciplinary researchers representing thirteen countries from six continents came together to discuss current issues in the field of digital health promotion and healthcare contributing to the digital divide. Ways that current practices in research contribute to the digital health divide were explored, including intervention development, testing, and implementation. Based on the dialogue, we provide suggestions for overcoming barriers and improving practices across disciplines, countries, and sectors. The research community must actively advocate for system-level changes regarding policy and research to reduce the digital divide and so improve digital health for all.
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spelling pubmed-106968562023-12-06 Reducing intervention- and research-induced inequalities to tackle the digital divide in health promotion König, Laura M. Krukowski, Rebecca A. Kuntsche, Emmanuel Busse, Heide Gumbert, Laura Gemesi, Kathrin Neter, Efrat Mohamed, Nor Firdous Ross, Kathryn M. John-Akinola, Yetunde O. Cooper, Rosie Allmeta, Anila Silva, Anabelle Macedo Forbes, Cynthia C. Western, Max J. Int J Equity Health Comment Social inequalities are an important contributor to the global burden of disease within and between countries. Using digital technology in health promotion and healthcare is seen by some as a potential lever to reduce these inequalities; however, research suggests that digital technology risks re-enacting or evening widening disparities. Most research on this digital health divide focuses on a small number of social inequality indicators and stems from Western, educated, industrialized, rich, and democratic (WEIRD) countries. There is a need for systematic, international, and interdisciplinary contextualized research on the impact of social inequality indicators in digital health as well as the underlying mechanisms of this digital divide across the globe to reduce health disparities. In June 2023, eighteen multi-disciplinary researchers representing thirteen countries from six continents came together to discuss current issues in the field of digital health promotion and healthcare contributing to the digital divide. Ways that current practices in research contribute to the digital health divide were explored, including intervention development, testing, and implementation. Based on the dialogue, we provide suggestions for overcoming barriers and improving practices across disciplines, countries, and sectors. The research community must actively advocate for system-level changes regarding policy and research to reduce the digital divide and so improve digital health for all. BioMed Central 2023-12-04 /pmc/articles/PMC10696856/ /pubmed/38049789 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12939-023-02055-6 Text en © The Author(s) 2023 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) ) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated in a credit line to the data.
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König, Laura M.
Krukowski, Rebecca A.
Kuntsche, Emmanuel
Busse, Heide
Gumbert, Laura
Gemesi, Kathrin
Neter, Efrat
Mohamed, Nor Firdous
Ross, Kathryn M.
John-Akinola, Yetunde O.
Cooper, Rosie
Allmeta, Anila
Silva, Anabelle Macedo
Forbes, Cynthia C.
Western, Max J.
Reducing intervention- and research-induced inequalities to tackle the digital divide in health promotion
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10696856/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/38049789
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12939-023-02055-6
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