Digital Technologies for Public Health Promotion

Dear Colleagues,

The past decade has seen rapid development and application of advanced digital technologies for public health promotion. Digital health technologies are now widely used to enhance the accessibility of healthcare resources, promote communication between healthcare professionals and users, facilitate disease management and medical decision making, and overcome geographical barriers and logistical inconvenience in the access to healthcare services. Examples include the use of smartphones/tablets, wearable devices, robots, virtual reality, augmented reality, remote monitoring systems, and artificial intelligence (AI) for medical and healthcare purposes. The roles of digital health technologies have become even more critical since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic worldwide.

Despite the growing recognition that digital health technologies benefit healthcare and public health, the evidence base remains limited. In this regard, this Special Issue is interested in empirical and review studies that address the design, implementation, evaluation, acceptance, and human factor issues encountered in applying digital health technologies in a wide range of healthcare contexts. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: novel digital health technologies developed for personalized healthcare and public health; human–computer interaction, human factor issues, and methodological and technological challenges in the design, use, and implementation of digital health technologies; effectiveness and added value of digital health technologies with regard to conventional care practice; technology support for essential public health operations; user perception, recognition, and acceptance of digital health technologies; and the application of digital health technologies during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Dr. Da Tao
Dr. Hailiang Wang
Dr. Kaifeng Liu
Guest Editors

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