Participatory Research Methods for Investigating Digital Health Literacy in Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Communities

De Souza, RNA; Butt, D; Jethani, S; Marmo, C

Participatory Research Methods for Investigating Digital Health Literacy in Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Communities

De Souza, RNA Butt, D Jethani, S

Marmo, C

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Citation:: Conjunctions. Transdisciplinary Journal of Cultural Participation, 8, (1)

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dc.contributor.author	De Souza, RNA
dc.contributor.author	Butt, D
dc.contributor.author	Jethani, S https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2134-0904
dc.contributor.author	Marmo, C
dc.date.accessioned	2021-01-08T02:11:14Z
dc.date.available	2021-01-08T02:11:14Z
dc.identifier.citation	Conjunctions. Transdisciplinary Journal of Cultural Participation, 8, (1)
dc.identifier.issn	2246-3755
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/145210
dc.description.abstract	<jats:p>Digital technologies and pre/peri-natal apps are transforming maternity care as women use consumer-oriented communications technologies to obtain information and support. These technologies have introduced a new set of politics into health communication, as information asymmetries embedded into apps and their platforms disrupt traditional concepts of health literacy and consumer participation that have been key concepts in community health advocacy. The development of cultural safety and cultural competence has been one impetus for health professionals to adapt their models of care to address information and support gaps for service users from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds, by asking clinicians to address the operations of power at work in their cultural norms of practice. However, consumer apps appropriate the cultural interface that has historically been managed by clinicians, raising questions about how participatory these technologies can be for women from marginalised groups. Given the black-boxed nature of many health technologies that by design do not enable adequate description by end users, new modes of research are necessary to both stimulate dialogue on health literacy and health participation as a part of a discovery process around CALD women’s experiences and perceptions.</jats:p>
dc.language	en
dc.publisher	Aarhus University Library
dc.relation.ispartof	Conjunctions. Transdisciplinary Journal of Cultural Participation
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.7146/tjcp.v8i1.117800
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dc.title	Participatory Research Methods for Investigating Digital Health Literacy in Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Communities
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	8
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dc.date.updated	2021-01-08T02:11:01Z
pubs.issue	1
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Abstract:

Digital technologies and pre/peri-natal apps are transforming maternity care as women use consumer-oriented communications technologies to obtain information and support. These technologies have introduced a new set of politics into health communication, as information asymmetries embedded into apps and their platforms disrupt traditional concepts of health literacy and consumer participation that have been key concepts in community health advocacy. The development of cultural safety and cultural competence has been one impetus for health professionals to adapt their models of care to address information and support gaps for service users from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds, by asking clinicians to address the operations of power at work in their cultural norms of practice. However, consumer apps appropriate the cultural interface that has historically been managed by clinicians, raising questions about how participatory these technologies can be for women from marginalised groups. Given the black-boxed nature of many health technologies that by design do not enable adequate description by end users, new modes of research are necessary to both stimulate dialogue on health literacy and health participation as a part of a discovery process around CALD women’s experiences and perceptions.

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