Editorial: Digital Health Literacy and Black Older Adults: Bridging the Digital Divide in Managing Chronic Conditions
Brenda Owusu, Serina Gbaba, Judith Juste, Balkys Bivins, Diana Baptiste · 2024
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Brenda Owusu and co-authors write an editorial on a quiet inequity: health care is going digital, and Black older adults risk being locked out. Managing diabetes or heart disease now runs through patient portals, telehealth visits, and apps, yet gaps in devices, connectivity, and digital confidence track with race, income, and schooling. The authors frame digital health literacy as a social determinant of health in its own right.
They argue providers cannot simply adopt new tools and hope; training, access, and trust must be built deliberately for this population, or disparities will widen behind a friendly interface. Justice theory gets a mention: fairness demands more than equal offers of technology. The editorial calls the divide bridgeable, but only with intentional effort aimed at the communities it harms.
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| CREATOR | Brenda Owusu, Serina Gbaba, Judith Juste, Balkys Bivins, Diana Baptiste |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 9 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |