Enhancing equitable engagement for digital health promotion: Lessons from evaluating a childrearing app in Indonesia.

ABSTRACT: Part of the appeal of digital health interventions, including mHealth, is the potential for greater reach in places where conventional health promotion is hampered by geographical, financial or social barriers. Yet, 'engagement' - typically understood as user experience and interactions with technology - remains a persistent challenge, particularly in places where technology access or familiarity with technology is limited. We undertook an evaluation of a childrearing app to promote socioemotional and cognitive development in early childhood across the world. In this article, we present findings from qualitative research on app rollout in Indonesia, the first of numerous low- and middle-income countries targeted by the app. We draw on systems theory and complexity thinking to broaden the l

SUBMITTER: Loblay V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10752113 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature