Engagement With Digital Health Technologies Among Older People Living in Socially Deprived Areas: Qualitative Study of Influencing Factors
We identified factors that may have a more pronounced negative impact on the health equity of older people living in socially deprived areas compared with their counterparts who only have one of these characteristics. Successful implementation of digital health interventions therefore warrants dedicated strategies for managing the digital health equity impact on this group. Future studies should further develop these strategies and investigate their effectiveness, as well as explore the influence of related characteristics, such as educational attainment and ethnicity.
Authors
- Sabine N van der Veer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0929-436X)
- Ken Farrington (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8862-6056)
- Helen Chadwick (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6465-8002)
- Robert Finnigan
- Louise Laverty (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8491-8171)
- Fergus Caskey (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5199-3925)
- Robert Elias (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3703-906X)
Institutions
- University of Hertfordshire (GB)
- Manchester Academic Health Science Centre (GB)
- University of Manchester (GB)
- University of Bristol (GB)
- King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JMIR Formative Research
- Published
- 2024-12-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.2196/60483
- Citations
- 8
- Primary Topic
- Technology Use by Older Adults
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 13.66