Overview of ICTs and Health

Authors

  • Lareen Ann Newman Flinders University of South Australia
  • Ali A. Alsanousi Harvard University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15353/joci.v9i2.3162

Keywords:

health, community informatics, ICTs, equity, empowerment

Abstract

Community informatics links economic and social development efforts at the community level with emerging opportunities in Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs). In recent years in public health there has been an increased focus on the broader social determinants of health and on social inclusion, as evidenced in the 2008 Final Report of the Commission on Social Determinants of Health1. Broader determinants include education, income, social connection, and other opportunities that support improved health and wellbeing.

Author Biographies

Lareen Ann Newman, Flinders University of South Australia

Senior Research Fellow, Southgate Institute for Health Society & Equity

Ali A. Alsanousi, Harvard University

Fellow, Division of Clinical Informatics, Harvard Medical School

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Published

2012-11-28

Issue

Vol. 9 No. 2 (2013): Special Issue: Community Informatics for Improving Health

Section

Editorial