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This scoping review identifies digital rights topics in 2022 mobile health (mHealth) literature from low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). It emphasizes patient empowerment, data protection, and inclusion in mHealth research and policies.

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  • Digital Health
  • Human Rights Law
  • Public Health Policy

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  • Digital technology impacts human rights across sectors like health.
  • Mobile health (mHealth) in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) offers opportunities and risks for digital rights.
  • Existing literature underexplores digital rights in LMIC mHealth contexts.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To identify digital rights topics in the 2022 peer-reviewed literature on mHealth in LMICs.
  • To inform equitable digital health design, implementation, and access.

Main Methods:

  • A scoping review guided by the Arksey and O'Malley framework.
  • Searches conducted across 7 electronic databases.
  • Inclusion criteria focused on mHealth in LMICs and digital rights topics.

Main Results:

  • 56 papers were included after screening.
  • Data extraction is ongoing, with initial findings targeted for late 2023.
  • Full results will be disseminated by end of 2024 through various academic and policy channels.

Conclusions:

  • The review identifies key digital rights topics in 2022 mHealth literature concerning LMICs.
  • Highlights the critical need for patient empowerment, data protection, and inclusion in mHealth.
  • Informs future research, practice, and policy to advance health equity.