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Viewing Mobile Health Technology Design Through the Lens of Amplification Theory.

Merid B, Cielito Robles M, Nallamothu BK, Newman MW, Skolarus LE. Viewing Mobile Health Technology Design Through the Lens of Amplification Theory. JMIR mHealth and uHealth. 2022 Jun 10; 10(6):e31069.

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Abstract:

Digital health interventions designed to promote health equity can be valuable tools in the delivery of health care to hardly served patient populations. But if the design of these technologies and the interventions in which they are deployed do not address the myriad structural barriers to care that minoritized patients, patients in rural areas, and patients who have trouble paying for care often face, their impact may be limited. Drawing on our mobile health (mHealth) research in the arena of cardiovascular care and blood pressure management, this viewpoint argues that health care providers and researchers should tend to structural barriers to care as a part of their digital health intervention design. Our 3-step predesign framework, informed by the Amplification Theory of Technology, offers a model that interventionists can follow to address these concerns.




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