Digital Health Technology Use Among Spanish Speakers in the US
The results of this scoping review suggest that Spanish-speaking persons in the US faced technology, language, and literacy-related barriers to digital technology use. Embracing support for care partners, facilitating text message or social media-oriented workflows, and ensuring that materials are linguistically and culturally tailored represent approaches for health systems, electronic health record vendors, and community health organizations to mitigate these disparities.
Authors
- Ann Marie Návar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6197-9860)
- Robin T. Higashi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5232-6852)
- Robert W. Turer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1387-640X)
- Timothy P. Hogan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6888-0927)
- Christoph U. Lehmann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9559-4646)
- Eric David Peterson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5415-4721)
- Alejandra Casillas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4229-7466)
- Bhaskar Thakur (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6869-8968)
- Bryan D. Steitz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2066-8692)
- Emily C. Repasky (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5714-6540)
Institutions
- University of California, Los Angeles (US)
- VA New England Healthcare System (US)
- The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (US)
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JAMA Network Open
- Published
- 2025-05-15
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.10386
- Citations
- 14
- Primary Topic
- Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 39.42