Assistive Technology in Promoting Health Equity for People with Chronic Conditions
A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Global Health".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (8 May 2023) | Viewed by 6351
Special Issue Editors
Interests: improving outcomes and quality of life for adults with chronic conditions;safe and high quality hospital to home care transitions
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Chronic diseases, also known as non-communicable diseases, are defined as conditions lasting at least a year that require ongoing medical attention or limit activities of daily living or both. According to the World Health Organization, chronic diseases account for high rates of morbidity, healthcare costs, and 71% of all deaths globally. However, chronic diseases affect various racial/ethnic groups disparately because of several socioeconomic determinants. To promote health equity, defined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as “when every person has an opportunity to attain his or her full health potential and no one is disadvantaged from achieving this potential because of social position or other socially determined circumstances”, several interdisciplinary fields are developing innovative, health-equity-focused interventions. Increasingly, these interventions are being disseminated through various forms of technology.
Technology can promote self-management, communication, and consultation with health and social services providers, activities of daily living, and environmental comfort and safety. However, amid these promising developments is a growing concern that access to technology, including the internet, may lead to further health disparities/health inequity among people and populations who lack access to technological innovations due to lack of resources to purchase technology, low technological literacy, or lack of technological infrastructure. This Special Issue of the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH) focuses on providing a snapshot of the current state of knowledge related to the meaningful use of technology to promote health equity among diverse populations living with chronic conditions. New research papers, brief reports, methodological papers, reviews, and commentaries are invited to this issue. Papers should include implications for future research, policy, and other approaches that are needed to ensure technological advances reduce rather than widen health disparities among people and populations with chronic diseases.
Dr. Cynthia Corbett
Dr. Otis L. Owens
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- chronic diseases
- technology
- health equity
- healthcare disparities
- health status disparities
- minority health
