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Health inequalities and mitigating risks of digital exclusion - (2 Edition)

30 May 2024

highlighting inequalities, the realities of digital exclusion are better understood as a spectrum - where digital access (devices, data connectivity), accessibility, skills, Recommendation 3: Commit to building confidence, motivation and availability of patient and citizen trust and acceptance support all combine to shape how people use in the use of health data to improve the internet, and the ba. [...] Health inequalities and mitigating risks of digital exclusion (2nd Edition) 9 Independence, choice and control • E vidence shows growing use of ‘proxies’ • As long as people have the tools, skills and to access digital services and do online support in place - then digital health and transactions (e.g. [...] - Access a free device and data • Map local provision of settings which help connectivity to support them people to access digital services, and - Get help to build digital skills and understand local needs for support confidence generally, as well as to - U se this to inform strategic access health and wellbeing support commissioning and fund or part-fund specifically digital inclusion as part of. [...] • L iving on a low or very low income, and ‘financial vulnerability’ are among the Looked after and accommodated strongest predictors of digital exclusion children and young people across all ages (both non-use of the • Evidence of lower digital access and internet, and also using the internet but skills among children and young people only for a very few things) in the looked after system and you. [...] vary in how trusted or welcoming they are, and their provision of digital access • S ome deprived areas may experience and WiFi for service users worse signals and lower speed - which could relate to quality of mobile and - Lack of private space to enable broadband infrastructure, types of housing confidential use of digital health services provision (including social and private • Smartphones are.
Pages
39
Published in
Australia

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