Perspective: Improving social connection and inclusion through equitable digital health solutions
In this Perspective, we address the critical intersection of digital health, social connection, and health equity. Taking an interdisciplinary and complex adaptive systems perspective, we highlight evidence-based digital solutions to improve social connection and inclusion and, consequently, health outcomes. We describe actionable strategies for ensuring that digital health innovations benefit all, highlighting how user-centered design can address diverse needs, particularly for structurally disadvantaged populations.
Authors
- Dominika Kwaśnicka (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5961-837X)
- Abby C. King (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7949-8811)
- Loretta Baldassar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6246-4773)
- Richard Sinnott (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5998-222X)
- Anne Tiedemann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4076-2870)
- Paul Flatau (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9547-4297)
- Rajna Ogrin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4192-7254)
- Jaimon T. Kelly (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0232-5848)
- Suzanne Robinson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2083-6983)
- Paul O’Halloran (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6495-2359)
- Eleanor Quested
- Jane Farmer
Institutions
- Edith Cowan University (AU)
- The University of Sydney (AU)
- Deakin University (AU)
- The University of Queensland (AU)
- The University of Melbourne (AU)
- The University of Western Australia (AU)
- La Trobe University (AU)
- Curtin University (AU)
- Swinburne University of Technology (AU)
- Stanford University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- npj Digital Medicine
- Published
- 2025-12-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41746-025-02264-z
- Primary Topic
- Digital Mental Health Interventions
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00