Updating the determinants of health model in the Information Age

Datos Bibliográficos

ID22944080
AutoresLouis Rice (0000-0002-8207-5561, University of the West of England, autor de correspondencia), Rachel Sara (0000-0003-0201-3174, University of the West of England)
Año2019
Volumen34
Número6
Páginas1241-1249
Fecha de publicación2019-12-01
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/day064
PMID30212852
OpenAlexW2890100533
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas11
Referencias citadas55

In 1991, Dahlgren and Whitehead produced a highly influential model of the determinants of health that has since been used by numerous national and international public health organizations globally. The purpose of the model is to enable interventions that improve health to be addressed at four key policy levels. It is not a model of health or disease; instead the model is structured around health policy decision-making. However the model needs an update, since it was devised there has been a digital revolution that has transformed every aspect of: human life, our cities, society and the fundamental principles upon which the global economy operates. The article examines the impact of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) on the determinants of health. ICT has given rise to a new Information Age that is implicated in many of the major global health issues today. Addressing contemporary health issues requires intervention at the level of ICT, particularly as health communication online is central to the delivery and dissemination of public health policies.

Environmental health · Impact of Technology on Adolescents · Medicine · Mobile Health and mHealth Applications · Psychology · Technology Use by Older Adults