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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
Volume 109, Issue -, Pages S79-S85Publisher
AMER PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOC INC
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2018.304646
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- National Institutes of Health: NIMHD
- National Institutes of Health: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
- National Institutes of Health: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
- National Institutes of Health: National Library of Medicine
- National Institute of Nursing Research [1P30NR016587, K99NR016275]
- NIMHD [U01MD011279]
- NATIONAL HEART, LUNG, AND BLOOD INSTITUTE [ZIAHL006225] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
- NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE [ZIHLM200888] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
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The digital divide related to consumer information technologies (CITs) has diminished, thus increasing the potential to use CITs to overcome barriers of access to health interventions as well as to deliver interventions situated in the context of daily lives. However, the evidence base regarding the use and impact of CIT-enabled interventions in health disparity populations lags behind that for the general population. Literature and case examples are summarized to demonstrate the use of mHealth, telehealth, and social media as behavioral intervention platforms in health disparity populations, identify challenges to achieving their use, describe strategies for overcoming the challenges, and recommend future directions. The evidence baseisemerging. However, challenges in design, implementation, and evaluation must be addressed for the promise to be fulfilled. Future directions include (1) improved design methods, (2) enhanced research reporting, (3) advancement of multilevel interventions, (4) rigorous evaluation, (5) efforts to address privacy concerns, and (6) inclusive design and implementation decisions.
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