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Digitally Inclusive, Healthy Aging Communities (DIHAC): A Cross-Cultural Study in Japan, Republic of Korea, Singapore, and Thailand
One out of three people in Japan will be an older person before 2040. Half of those currently do not utilize the internet, smartphone apps, or digital technology. On the other hand, more than 70% of seniors in Republic of Korea use the internet, and 55% in Singapore had access to it in 2019. The use...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9223148/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35742230 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19126976 |
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author | Aung, Myo Nyein Koyanagi, Yuka Nagamine, Yuiko Nam, Eun Woo Mulati, Nadila Kyaw, Myat Yadana Moolphate, Saiyud Shirayama, Yoshihisa Nonaka, Kumiko Field, Malcolm Cheung, Paul Yuasa, Motoyuki |
author_facet | Aung, Myo Nyein Koyanagi, Yuka Nagamine, Yuiko Nam, Eun Woo Mulati, Nadila Kyaw, Myat Yadana Moolphate, Saiyud Shirayama, Yoshihisa Nonaka, Kumiko Field, Malcolm Cheung, Paul Yuasa, Motoyuki |
author_sort | Aung, Myo Nyein |
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description | One out of three people in Japan will be an older person before 2040. Half of those currently do not utilize the internet, smartphone apps, or digital technology. On the other hand, more than 70% of seniors in Republic of Korea use the internet, and 55% in Singapore had access to it in 2019. The use of digital technology for health promotion has the potential to promote individual and community empowerment, advocating for healthy, active aging. Maintaining equity in health promotion practice requires the digital inclusion of every senior. Therefore, we propose a cross-cultural study to explain the contextual influences of digital inclusion and its consequences on healthy aging in Japan, Korea, Singapore, and Thailand. Quantitatively: digital skills, e-health literacy, participation in health promotion, and quality of life will be analyzed in structural equation models. Qualitatively: thematic analysis will be developed to identify cultural patterns and contextual factors, making sense of what older persons in different countries materialize, say, do, think, and feel to reveal deeper beliefs and core values about digital inclusion and healthy aging. Logics and methods from this protocol would be useful to replicate the study in many countries globally. Evidence from this study is expected to pave the way to digitally inclusive, healthy aging communities (DIHAC) across Japan and Asia. |
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spelling | pubmed-92231482022-06-24 Digitally Inclusive, Healthy Aging Communities (DIHAC): A Cross-Cultural Study in Japan, Republic of Korea, Singapore, and Thailand Aung, Myo Nyein Koyanagi, Yuka Nagamine, Yuiko Nam, Eun Woo Mulati, Nadila Kyaw, Myat Yadana Moolphate, Saiyud Shirayama, Yoshihisa Nonaka, Kumiko Field, Malcolm Cheung, Paul Yuasa, Motoyuki Int J Environ Res Public Health Study Protocol One out of three people in Japan will be an older person before 2040. Half of those currently do not utilize the internet, smartphone apps, or digital technology. On the other hand, more than 70% of seniors in Republic of Korea use the internet, and 55% in Singapore had access to it in 2019. The use of digital technology for health promotion has the potential to promote individual and community empowerment, advocating for healthy, active aging. Maintaining equity in health promotion practice requires the digital inclusion of every senior. Therefore, we propose a cross-cultural study to explain the contextual influences of digital inclusion and its consequences on healthy aging in Japan, Korea, Singapore, and Thailand. Quantitatively: digital skills, e-health literacy, participation in health promotion, and quality of life will be analyzed in structural equation models. Qualitatively: thematic analysis will be developed to identify cultural patterns and contextual factors, making sense of what older persons in different countries materialize, say, do, think, and feel to reveal deeper beliefs and core values about digital inclusion and healthy aging. Logics and methods from this protocol would be useful to replicate the study in many countries globally. Evidence from this study is expected to pave the way to digitally inclusive, healthy aging communities (DIHAC) across Japan and Asia. MDPI 2022-06-07 /pmc/articles/PMC9223148/ /pubmed/35742230 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19126976 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Study Protocol Aung, Myo Nyein Koyanagi, Yuka Nagamine, Yuiko Nam, Eun Woo Mulati, Nadila Kyaw, Myat Yadana Moolphate, Saiyud Shirayama, Yoshihisa Nonaka, Kumiko Field, Malcolm Cheung, Paul Yuasa, Motoyuki Digitally Inclusive, Healthy Aging Communities (DIHAC): A Cross-Cultural Study in Japan, Republic of Korea, Singapore, and Thailand |
title | Digitally Inclusive, Healthy Aging Communities (DIHAC): A Cross-Cultural Study in Japan, Republic of Korea, Singapore, and Thailand |
title_full | Digitally Inclusive, Healthy Aging Communities (DIHAC): A Cross-Cultural Study in Japan, Republic of Korea, Singapore, and Thailand |
title_fullStr | Digitally Inclusive, Healthy Aging Communities (DIHAC): A Cross-Cultural Study in Japan, Republic of Korea, Singapore, and Thailand |
title_full_unstemmed | Digitally Inclusive, Healthy Aging Communities (DIHAC): A Cross-Cultural Study in Japan, Republic of Korea, Singapore, and Thailand |
title_short | Digitally Inclusive, Healthy Aging Communities (DIHAC): A Cross-Cultural Study in Japan, Republic of Korea, Singapore, and Thailand |
title_sort | digitally inclusive, healthy aging communities (dihac): a cross-cultural study in japan, republic of korea, singapore, and thailand |
topic | Study Protocol |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9223148/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35742230 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19126976 |
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