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ArticleTranslational behavioral medicine2023

Advancing digital health equity: Directions for behavioral and social science research.

Beth K Jaworski, Monica Webb Hooper, Will M Aklin, Beda Jean-Francois, William N Elwood, Deshirée Belis, William T Riley, Christine M Hunter

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Article in Translational behavioral medicine, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 40 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

40 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Beth K JaworskiOffice of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9628-990X
Monica Webb HooperNational Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Will M AklinNational Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Beda Jean-FrancoisNational Center for Complementary and Integrative Health, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
William N ElwoodOffice of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Deshirée BelisOffice of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
William T RileyOffice of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Christine M HunterOffice of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The field of digital health is evolving rapidly and encompasses a wide range of complex and changing technologies used to support individual and population health. The COVID-19 pandemic has augmented digital health expansion and significantly changed how digital health technologies are used. To ensure that these technologies do not create or exacerbate existing health disparities, a multi-pronged and comprehensive research approach is needed. In this commentary, we outline five recommendations for behavioral and social science researchers that are critical to promoting digital health equity. These recommendations include: (i) centering equity in research teams and theoretical approaches, (ii) focusing on issues of digital health literacy and engagement, (iii) using methods that elevate perspectives and needs of underserved populations, (iv) ensuring ethical approaches for collecting and using digital health data, and (v) developing strategies for integrating digital health tools within and across systems and settings. Taken together, these recommendations can help advance the science of digital health equity and justice.

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COVID-19Health EquityHumansPandemicsSocial SciencesDigital healthDigital health equityDigital health literacyhealth equitymHealth

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PMID36318232
PMCPMC10305798

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