Activating health behaviors: how does digital infrastructure improve the physical health of middle-aged and older adults? Evidence from the ‘Broadband China’ pilot policy
Digital infrastructure is associated with modest improvements in physical health among middle-aged and older adults, partly through promoting healthier behaviors. It may contribute to reducing health disparities and offer policy implications for enhancing health equity, particularly among vulnerable populations.
Authors
- Yunhui Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8824-6109)
- Zhiying Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2219-5473)
- Hong Xu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7617-0872)
- Lü Zheng
Institutions
- Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CN)
- Sichuan University (CN)
- Jining University (CN)
- University of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
- Shandong University of Finance and Economics (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Global Health Action
- Published
- 2025-10-09
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1080/16549716.2025.2568779
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.82