Charting New Territories in Health Psychology A reflection on the EHPS 2022 ‘Digital Divide’ hybrid roundtable by Chairs, Presenters, and Participants

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Authors
  • B. Ainsworth
  • L. König
Publication date 04-2023
Journal The European Health Psychologist
Volume | Issue number 23 | 2
Pages (from-to) 1017-1021
Organisations
  • Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences (FMG) - Amsterdam School of Communication Research (ASCoR)
Abstract
This paper reflects on the roundtable session at the 36th annual conference of the European Health Psychology Society titled ‘Mind the digital divide: How to reduce social
inequalities in digital health promotion?’, chaired by Dr Laura M König and Dr Max JWestern. The session was intended to present contemporary evidence on the existence of a digital divide in health behaviour promotion via two brief presentations of recent evidence syntheses by Dr Eline Smit and Dr Max Western, followed by two short talks on potential underlying mechanisms of the digital divide by Professors Efrat Neter and Falko Sniehotta. Finally, we aimed to explore through a panel discussion and an audience workshop how we, the health psychology community, could focus our research on better understanding and addressing this phenomenon. In the following, we will discuss how the roundtable was implemented and which aspects were perceived to be most useful from the perspectives of the organising chairs, presentersand participants, to provide input for roundtable organisers at future conferences.
Document type Article
Language English
Published at https://www.ehps.net/ehp/index.php/contents/article/view/3424
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