Digital tools for youth health promotion

Principles, policies and practices in sub-Saharan Africa

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ID22944994
AutoresAgata Ferretti (0000-0001-6716-5713, Health Ethics and Policy Lab, ETH Zurich , Hottingerstrasse 10, 8092 Zurich , Switzerland, autor de correspondencia), Kwame Adjei (0000-0001-6972-5200, Kintampo Health Research Centre), Kwame K Adjei (Kintampo Health Research Centre, Research and Development Division, Ghana Health Service , Ghana), Joseph Ali (0000-0002-4767-2512, Johns Hopkins University), Caesar A Atuire (0000-0001-6825-6916, University of Ghana), Caesar Atuire (Department of Philosophy and Classics, University of Ghana , MR26+9PV, W.E.B. Dubois Road, Accra , Ghana), Betrand Tambe Ayuk (University of Buea), Boladé Hamed Banougnin (0000-0001-5439-316X, United Nations Population Fund, West and Central Africa Regional Office , PFQM+RVF, Route des Almadies, Dakar, Senegal), Nezerith Cengiz (0000-0002-7650-2897, Stellenbosch University), Judy Gichoya (Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine , 1364 Clifton Rd, Atlanta, GA 30322 , USA), Judy Wawira Gichoya (0000-0002-1097-316X, Emory University), Daudi Jjingo (0000-0003-1685-9234, African Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Data Intensive Sciences, Infectious Diseases Institute, Makerere University , 8HMC+PF5, Kampala , Uganda), Damian Omari Juma (Healthy Brains Global Initiative , Rutherford, CA , USA), Wiaan Kotze (Stellenbosch University), Carleigh Krubiner (0000-0003-1647-2355, Wellcome Trust , 215 Euston Road, London WC1E 6BP , UK), Katherine Littler (0000-0003-3679-6031, World Health Organization), Melissa D McCradden (0000-0002-6476-2165, Department of Bioethics, Genetics & Genome Biology, SickKids Research Institute, The Hospital for Sick Children , 555 University Avenue, Toronto, ON M5G 1X8 , Canada), Keymanthri Moodley (0000-0003-3404-4901, Stellenbosch University), Meshandren Naidoo (0000-0002-8547-0380, Howard College, School of Law, University of KwaZulu-Natal , King George V Avenue, Durban 4041 , South Africa), Gonasagrie Nair (0000-0001-9005-2442, Desmond Tutu Health Foundation , 3 Woodlands Road, Woodstock, Cape Town 7915 , South Africa), Kingsley Obeng-Kyereh (Children and Youth in Broadcasting—Curious Minds , 3 Damba Close, Chaban-Sakaman, Accra , Ghana), Kedebone Oliver (Genesis Analytics, Health Practice Area , 50 6th Road, Hyde Park, Johannesburg 2196 , South Africa), Dimpho Ralefala (0000-0001-9074-0405, Office of Research and Development, University of Botswana , 4775 Notwane Road, Gaborone , Botswana), Elona Toska (0000-0002-3800-3173, Faculty of Humanities, Centre for Social Science Research, University of Cape Town , 12 University Avenue, Rondebosch, Cape Town 7700 , South Africa), Frederick Murunga Wekesah (0000-0003-2333-3054, African Population and Health Research Center), Jonty Wright (Stellenbosch University), Effy Vayena (0000-0003-1303-5467, Health Ethics and Policy Lab, ETH Zurich , Hottingerstrasse 10, 8092 Zurich , Switzerland)
Año2024
Volumen39
Número2
Fecha de publicación2024-04-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaHealth Promotion International (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0957-4824 • E-ISSN: 1460-2245
EditorialOxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1093/heapro/daae030
PMID38558241
OpenAlexW4393392999
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas4
Referencias citadas32

Although digital health promotion (DHP) technologies for young people are increasingly available in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), there has been insufficient research investigating whether existing ethical and policy frameworks are adequate to address the challenges and promote the technological opportunities in these settings. In an effort to fill this gap and as part of a larger research project, in November 2022, we conducted a workshop in Cape Town, South Africa, entitled ‘Unlocking the Potential of Digital Health Promotion for Young People in Low- and Middle-Income Countries’. The workshop brought together 25 experts from the areas of digital health ethics, youth health and engagement, health policy and promotion and technology development, predominantly from sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), to explore their views on the ethics and governance and potential policy pathways of DHP for young people in LMICs. Using the World Café method, participants contributed their views on (i) the advantages and barriers associated with DHP for youth in LMICs, (ii) the availability and relevance of ethical and regulatory frameworks for DHP and (iii) the translation of ethical principles into policies and implementation practices required by these policies, within the context of SSA. Our thematic analysis of the ensuing discussion revealed a willingness to foster such technologies if they prove safe, do not exacerbate inequalities, put youth at the center and are subject to appropriate oversight. In addition, our work has led to the potential translation of fundamental ethical principles into the form of a policy roadmap for ethically aligned DHP for youth in SSA.

Context (archaeology) · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Health promotion · Political science · Politics · Promotion (chess) · Public health · Public relations · Qualitative research · Social science · Sociology · Thematic analysis · Digital Mental Health Interventions · Health Literacy and Information Accessibility · Medicine · Mobile Health and mHealth Applications · Nursing · Health Policy