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[Digital public health-an overview]
Hajo Zeeb1,2,3, Iris Pigeot4,5,6, Benjamin Schüz4,7
1Leibniz WissenschaftsCampus Digital Public Health Bremen, Bremen, Deutschland. zeeb@leibniz-bips.de.
Bundesgesundheitsblatt, Gesundheitsforschung, Gesundheitsschutz
|January 11, 2020
Summary
Digital health technologies offer significant potential for public health, but face challenges like lack of evidence and ethical concerns. A needs-based approach is crucial for developing these tools effectively.
Area of Science:
- Public Health
- Digital Health
- Health Technology
Background:
- Digital health technologies are rapidly evolving, impacting medicine and public health.
- The field of digital public health faces conceptual ambiguity, limited high-quality evidence, and insufficient discussion of unintended consequences.
- Development of health technologies is often driven by technological advancement rather than public health needs.
Purpose of the Study:
- To conceptually define digital public health using core public health functions.
- To examine current digital health applications in public health.
- To propose a needs-based development framework for digital health technologies.
Main Methods:
- Literature review and conceptual analysis.
- Discussion of current digital health applications.
- Identification and analysis of challenges in digital public health.
Main Results:
- Digital health offers potential in health promotion and disease prevention.
- Current development is technology-driven, not evidence-based.
- Significant challenges include socio-economic disparities, data privacy, and ethical considerations.
Conclusions:
- Digital public health requires a clear conceptual framework guided by public health functions.
- A needs-based approach is essential for developing impactful digital health technologies.
- Addressing socio-economic, privacy, and ethical issues is critical for equitable digital public health implementation.
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