Digital technology and health inequalities: a scoping review

Authors from Public Health Wales, Matthew Honeyman, David Maguire, Harry Evans and Alisha Davies investigate the relationships between digital exclusion and health inequalities.

The key questions considered in this scoping review include;

  1. Digital exclusion across population groups, focusing on those disadvantaged groups at risk of health inequalities;
  2. Approaches for designing digital technology and health interventions to mitigate the risk of increasing inequalities;
  3. The application of digital technologies and impact on inequalities in health outcomes.

Find the full report (in English) here.

Type
Governmental / Institutional / Public Health Statutory Body Document
Theme
Digital, ehealth and mhealth, digitalisation, health literacy
Country
United Kingdom
Level
National
Year
2020


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