ReviewBundesgesundheitsblatt, Gesundheitsforschung, Gesundheitsschutz2020
[Unintended consequences and side effects of digital health technology: a public health perspective].
Review in Bundesgesundheitsblatt, Gesundheitsforschung, Gesundheitsschutz, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.
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Who cites it
11 citing papers in PubMed.
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- Self-monitoring of health - user viewpoints on gathering data using consumer health technologies during leisure time.Frontiers in digital health · 2025Article
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- The Definitions of Health Apps and Medical Apps From the Perspective of Public Health and Law: Qualitative Analysis of an Interdisciplinary Literature Overview.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2022Review
- Digitization and Health in Germany: Cross-sectional Nationwide Survey.JMIR public health and surveillance · 2021Article
- Use of Instagram by Pre-Service Teacher Education: Smartphone Habits and Dependency Factors.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
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Authors and funding
2 authors.
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Abstract
The discussion of digital health technologies, in particular medical and health apps, is currently dominated by a focus on their potential to reach large parts of the population for the dissemination of evidence-based health promotion and prevention content. However, potentially unintended consequences, side effects, and negative effects of digital health technologies are rarely discussed in public health.In this paper, via a narrative literature review, we propose a perspective on unintended consequences and side-effects of digital health technologies on multiple hierarchical levels of a socio-ecological model of health. Unintended consequences and side-effects of digital health technologies can be identified on an individual level, a level of social relationships, and a health services level.We propose a broader conceptualization of unintended consequences and side-effects of digital health technology together with a more thorough documentation of such effects using multiple levels in a socio-ecological approach. This would build a cumulative evidence base of unintended effects and shift the focus from development-centered discussion of risks and challenges to a comprehensive conception of side effects and undesirable effects of digital health technologies. The proposed division into three effect levels may be helpful here.
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