Expanding a Behavioral View on Digital Health Access: Drivers and Strategies to Promote Equity.

ABSTRACT: The potential and threat of digital tools to achieve health equity has been highlighted for over a decade, but the success of achieving equitable access to health technologies remains challenging. Our paper addresses renewed concerns regarding equity in digital health access that were deepened during the COVID-19 pandemic. Our viewpoint is that (1) digital health tools have the potential to improve health equity if equitable access is achieved, and (2) improving access and equity in digital health can be strengthened by considering behavioral science-based strategies embedded in all phases of tool development. Using behavioral, equity, and access frameworks allowed for a unique and comprehensive exploration of current drivers of digital health inequities. This paper aims to present a compi

SUBMITTER: Kepper MM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11327633 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature