Perspectives of Hispanic and Latinx Community Members on AI-Enabled mHealth Tools: Qualitative Focus Group Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Mobile health (mHealth) tools have the potential to reduce the burden of chronic conditions that disproportionately affect Hispanic and Latinx communities; however, digital divides in the access to and use of health technology suggest that mHealth has the potential to exacerbate, rather than reduce, these disparities.

Objective

A key step toward developing health technology that is accessible and usable is to understand community member perspectives and needs so that technology is culturally relevant and appropriately contextualized. In this study, we aimed to examine the perspectives of Hispanic and Latinx community members in Washington State about mHealth.

Methods

We recruited English- and Spanish-speaking Hispanic or Latinx adults to participate in web-

SUBMITTER: Kraft SA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11843051 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature