Going digital: opportunities and barriers in the use of technology for health research

Cauane Blumenberg; David Peiris; Christian Loret de Mola; Manohan Sinnadurai; Maoyi Tian; Alline M. Beleigoli; Maria Lazo-Porras; Francisco Diez-Canseco; Miguel Paredes; L. Max Labán-Seminario; Jessica Hanae Zafra-Tanaka; Devarsetty Praveen; J. Jaime Miranda

doi:10.21149/12977

Going digital: opportunities and barriers in the use of technology for health research

Cauane Blumenberg, David Peiris, Christian Loret de Mola, Manohan Sinnadurai, Maoyi Tian, Alline M. Beleigoli, Maria Lazo-Porras, Francisco Diez-Canseco, Miguel Paredes, L. Max Labán-Seminario, Jessica Hanae Zafra-Tanaka, Devarsetty Praveen, J. Jaime Miranda

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Digital health refers to the use of novel information communication technologies in healthcare. The use of these technologies could positively impact public health and health outcomes of populations by generating timely data, and facilitating the process of data collection, analysis, and knowledge translation. Using selected case studies, we aim to describe the opportunities and barriers in the use of technology applied to health-related research. We focus on three areas: strategies to generate new data using novel data collection methods, strategies to use and analyze existing data, and using digital health for health-related interventions. Exemplars from seven countries are provided to illustrate activity across these areas. Although the use of health-related technologies is increasing, challenges remain to support their adoption and scale-up –especially for under-served populations. Research using digital health approaches should take a user-centered design, actively working with the population of interest to maximize their uptake and effectiveness.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	22-30
Number of pages	9
Journal	Salud Publica de Mexico
Volume	64
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.21149/12977
State	Published - 2022

Keywords

Artificial intelligence
Data collection
Digital health
Health technology
Web-based intervention

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Blumenberg, C., Peiris, D., de Mola, C. L., Sinnadurai, M., Tian, M., Beleigoli, A. M., Lazo-Porras, M., Diez-Canseco, F., Paredes, M., Labán-Seminario, L. M., Zafra-Tanaka, J. H., Praveen, D., & Miranda, J. J. (2022). Going digital: opportunities and barriers in the use of technology for health research. Salud Publica de Mexico, 64, 22-30. https://doi.org/10.21149/12977

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