デジタルセラピエティクス (DTx) のギャップを埋める:DTxの開発と導入全体でより広い代表性を求めるパートナーシップ戦略
Meelim Kim1,2,3, Steven De La Torre1,4, Uchechi Mitchell5
1Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America.
PLOS digital health
|February 20, 2026
まとめ
デジタルセラピエティクス (DTx) の採用は,実体験の専門知識を除外することによって制限されています. この研究は,より公平でコミュニティに関連したデジタルヘルスケアソリューションを作成するために,DTxの開発に多様な専門知識を統合することを提案しています.
科学分野:
- デジタル・ヘルス・デジタル・ヘルス
- 健康の平等,健康の平等について
- 専門家の社会学について
背景:
- デジタルセラピュティクス (DTx) は,満たされていない医療ニーズに不可欠ですが,採用と影響は異なります.
- 既存の格差は,DTx開発の訓練と経験の両方を持つ個人を排除することから生じる.
- デジタル・ディバイドは,知識,エビデンス,生産,採用へのアクセスを超えて広がっています.
研究 の 目的:
- DTx.におけるデジタル・ディバイドの概念化を拡大する.
- DTx開発における従来の階層が,多様な専門知識をどのように貶めているかを分析する.
- 公平なDTxのために,生きた経験と訓練された専門知識を統合するための枠組みを提案する.
主な方法:
- DTxチームにおけるステータス割り当てを検証するために,文化的スキーマ理論を利用した.
- ダイナミックな専門知識統合のための理論的枠組みを開発しました.
- DTxのチームビルディングワークシートを使用してフレームワークを運用し,チームサイエンスとコミュニティ主導の原則を統合しました.
主要な成果:
- 従来の階層は,文脈的な専門知識よりも資格を優先し,格差を生み出します.
- 提案されたフレームワークとワークシートは,多様な専門知識の明確な認識と評価を促進します.
- これらのツールは,ダイナミックな役割定義と,文脈に適した意思決定を可能にします.
結論:
- 公平なDTx開発には,伝統的な階層を崩壊させ,訓練された専門知識と並行して実体験を評価する必要があります.
- DTx チームビルディング ワークシートは,包括的な DTx 作成を促進するための実用的なアプローチを提供します.
- 持続的なパートナーシップと既存の規範に挑戦する意思は,真にコミュニティを中心としたデジタル治療法の開発に不可欠です.
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