The Digital Health and Wellbeing Needs, or otherwise, of a Deprived Scottish Community

IF 0.5 Q4 POLITICAL SCIENCE

Scottish Affairs Pub Date : 2022-08-01 DOI:10.3366/scot.2022.0421

Scot McVean, C. Yuill

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Abstract

Healthcare is becoming increasingly digitised. Access and usage of digital health technologies however is unequal in deprived communities. Despite this disparity, research remains silent on digital health and health inequalities. The present study investigates the health and well-being needs of a deprived community and how digital health technologies could be implemented to meet those needs. An interpretative, qualitative approach was adopted. 18 residents from the deprived community of Raploch, Stirling were recruited. Participants were split into two age cohorts 26–49 (N=4) and 50+ years of age (N=14). Three focus group discussions and a semi-structured interview were used to explore the digital health needs of the residents using open-ended questions. The findings revealed that there are multitude of accessibility relations that influenced the everyday experience of the residents. The complex assemblage of relations must be understood and addressed if digital health interventions are to be successfully implemented into a deprived community.

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贫困的苏格兰社区的数字健康和福祉需求

医疗保健正日益数字化。然而，在贫困社区，获得和使用数字卫生技术是不平等的。尽管存在这种差异，但对数字健康和健康不平等的研究仍然保持沉默。本研究调查了贫困社区的健康和福祉需求，以及如何实施数字健康技术来满足这些需求。采取了一种解释性的定性方法。18名来自斯特灵Raploch贫困社区的居民被招募。参与者被分为两个年龄组，26–49岁（N=4）和50岁以上（N=14）。使用三个焦点小组讨论和一个半结构化访谈，通过开放式问题探讨居民的数字健康需求。研究结果表明，有多种无障碍关系影响着居民的日常体验。如果要在贫困社区成功实施数字卫生干预措施，就必须理解和解决复杂的关系组合。

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Scottish Affairs POLITICAL SCIENCE-

CiteScore

1.20

自引率

25.00%

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期刊介绍： Scottish Affairs, founded in 1992, is the leading forum for debate on Scottish current affairs. Its predecessor was Scottish Government Yearbooks, published by the University of Edinburgh''s ''Unit for the Study of Government in Scotland'' between 1976 and 1992. The movement towards the setting up the Scottish Parliament in the 1990s, and then the debate in and around the Parliament since 1999, brought the need for a new analysis of Scottish politics, policy and society. Scottish Affairs provides that opportunity. Fully peer-reviewed, it publishes articles on matters of concern to people who are interested in the development of Scotland, often setting current affairs in an international or historical context, and in a context of debates about culture and identity. This includes articles about similarly placed small nations and regions throughout Europe and beyond. The articles are authoritative and rigorous without being technical and pedantic. No subject area is excluded, but all articles pay attention to the social and political context of their topics. Thus Scottish Affairs takes up a position between informed journalism and academic analysis, and provides a forum for dialogue between the two. The readers and contributors include journalists, politicians, civil servants, business people, academics, and people in general who take an informed interest in current affairs.