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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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Autores principales: 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
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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/).
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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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