TY - JOUR
T1 - Understanding digital health literacy as a structural determinant of health and public health capability
AU - Wamala-Andersson, Sarah
AU - Uitto, Mika
AU - Diop-Christensen, Anna
AU - Hidalgo, Inés Rey
AU - Thorup, Charlotte Brun
AU - Heß, Friederike
AU - Gonzalez, Marta Pisano
PY - 2026/1/14
Y1 - 2026/1/14
N2 - Digital health literacy is fundamental to health equity and should be recognized as both a structural determinant of health and a collective public health capability within the WHO framework. Embedding algorithmic, ethical, and systemic literacies into governance, policy, and design is essential for building inclusive and people-centered digital health systems.
AB - Digital health literacy is fundamental to health equity and should be recognized as both a structural determinant of health and a collective public health capability within the WHO framework. Embedding algorithmic, ethical, and systemic literacies into governance, policy, and design is essential for building inclusive and people-centered digital health systems.
KW - social work and social conditions
KW - Digital Health literacy
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/105027547779
U2 - 10.1186/s44263-025-00236-9
DO - 10.1186/s44263-025-00236-9
M3 - Comment/debate
C2 - 41535922
SN - 2731-913X
VL - 4
JO - BMC Global and Public Health
JF - BMC Global and Public Health
M1 - 7
ER -