Why Digital Health Literacy Matters in Rural Sub-Saharan Africa
How Bridging the Digital Health Literacy Gap Could Improve Access to Health Services and Social Equality
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5245191 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ismaila Ouedraogo (0000-0002-0756-0532, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 69 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 134-138 |
| Publication date | 2023-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Africa Today (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0001-9887 • E-ISSN: 1527-1978 |
| Publisher | Indiana University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2979/africatoday.69.3.07 |
| OpenAlex | W4365505492 |
| Language | EN |
Around the world, mobile phones have been used for quite some years now to put healthcare systems into interactive action through various mobile health applications. The results regarding efficiency, access, greater social equality, and interconnectivity are proven, and they promise to mitigate economic and educational gaps. All this is increasingly the case in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), where the technological prerequisites are quickly evolving
Bridging (networking) · Business · Computer security · Digital divide · Digital health · Economic growth · Economics · Environmental health · Health care · Health literacy · Information and Communications Technology · Literacy · Political science · Population · World Wide Web · Computer Science · Health Literacy and Information Accessibility · Medicine · Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |