Equity by design principles for digital health interventions.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite significant progress in the past decade, health disparities persist. Digital health interventions (DHIs) offer a transformative opportunity to advance health equity but may also exacerbate the digital divide if equity considerations are not embedded from the onset. While there is broad consensus on the importance of equity-centered design, a critical gap re-mains in the form of actionable guidance for both research and practice. Thus, this study aims to develop equity by design principles for DHIs.

Methods

We first synthesized existing scientific knowledge by assessing 42 articles/guidelines and formulated an initial set of 26 actionable, evidence-based design principles for DHIs (July through October 2024). We then conducted three semi-structured expert i

SUBMITTER: Bitomsky L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12522812 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature