[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":413},["ShallowReactive",2],{"slug-will-digital-health-widen-or-close-the-health-inequity-gap":3},{"post":4,"relatedPosts":166,"relatedBooks":321},{"id":5,"date":6,"date_gmt":7,"guid":8,"modified":10,"modified_gmt":11,"slug":12,"status":13,"type":14,"link":15,"title":16,"content":18,"excerpt":21,"author":23,"featured_media":24,"comment_status":25,"ping_status":25,"sticky":26,"template":27,"format":28,"meta":29,"categories":30,"tags":36,"project_category":37,"contact_email_category":39,"yst_prominent_words":40,"class_list":49,"better_featured_image":62,"acf":101,"yoast_meta":111,"_links":113},46655,"2022-06-14T10:00:00","2022-06-14T08:00:00",{"rendered":9},"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002F?post_id=46655&_wpnonce=e78715bf31&status=auto-draft&type=post","2022-06-13T15:49:47","2022-06-13T13:49:47","will-digital-health-widen-or-close-the-health-inequity-gap","publish","post","https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fwill-digital-health-widen-or-close-the-health-inequity-gap",{"rendered":17},"Will Digital Health Widen Or Close The Health Inequity Gap?",{"rendered":19,"protected":20},"\n\u003Cp>The question any member of The Medical Futurist team faces most often is this. Will digital health tools help solve the \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fthe-widening-gap-in-access-to-healthcare-between-rich-and-poor-can-only-be-bridged-with-digital-health-solutions-if-they-are-used-wisely\u002F\">health inequity issues\u003C\u002Fa>? If you are not into long articles, here is the short answer: they might, but not right now and not obviously. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Based on the ever-growing amount of quality data on the subject, two trends are present. In some cases, in some countries, in some, traditionally underrepresented groups of developed societies, digital health tools are indeed closing some gaps by providing opportunities for leapfrogging. \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.devex.com\u002Fnews\u002Fdrones-can-strengthen-delivery-of-health-supplies-a-new-study-finds-102894\">One great example\u003C\u002Fa> is how Ghana has overcome lacking infrastructure by using drones for various tasks, like delivering vaccines or blood. Another one is how women of colour in the US show a consistently \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Frockhealth.com\u002Finsights\u002Fstartup-innovation-for-underserved-groups-2021-digital-health-consumer-adoption-insights\u002F\">growing adoption rate\u003C\u002Fa> of digital health tools. Researchers believe this might be a response to worse than average health outcomes they experience in the traditional healthcare system.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"433\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F02\u002F070_womens_health-scaled-768x433.png\" alt=\"Women and digital health\" class=\"wp-image-23124\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F02\u002F070_womens_health-scaled-768x433.png 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F02\u002F070_womens_health-scaled-370x208.png 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F02\u002F070_womens_health-scaled-1536x866.png 1536w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F02\u002F070_womens_health-scaled.png 1915w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Despite these examples, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.healthpopuli.com\u002F2022\u002F05\u002F17\u002Fdigital-health-adoption-across-communities-is-uneven-by-rurality-race-health-plan-and-gender\u002F\">most of the data\u003C\u002Fa> paints a grim picture. Figures indicate that underrepresented and\u002For disadvantaged (poor, rural, minority, women, LGBTQ, etc) groups have significantly less access to all the cutting-edge solutions digital health offers. Thus the gap is not only not closing, but it’s rather further widening right now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Digital health literacy? What is that? \u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The three definitions below are vital to understanding what digital health can and can’t do. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Health literacy\u003C\u002Fstrong>. The individuals’ ability to find, understand and use information and services to make informed health-related decisions and actions for themselves and others. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Digital health literacy\u003C\u002Fstrong>. It is pretty much the same, but with the use of online tools and sources. Officially: “the ability to seek, find, understand, and appraise health information from electronic sources and apply the knowledge gained to addressing or solving a health problem”.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Health equity\u003C\u002Fstrong>. Health equity is achieved when everyone can attain their full potential for health and well-being. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Why is that important? Well, for many reasons. If a person experiences worrying new symptoms, their (digital) health literacy skills will be a major factor in determining how they will proceed, and ultimately, when and what kind of treatment they seek. It will determine how efficiently they will find relevant information, and how well they can differentiate between reliable and sub-par sources suggesting different treatment options.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The same skills are required to understand the importance of health management, the use and benefits of wearables and the data they provide, how telehealth apps can support managing chronic conditions and so on. Of course, at the end of the day, it all boils down to structural inequities. If I’m lacking basic literacy and money, I will certainly not be a target customer for an intricate and expensive smartwatch offering complex health data collection and bespoke monthly subscriptions with access to first-tier specialists analysing my data. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>I’m sure you get the point. A digital health tool is just a digital health tool. On its own, it does nothing. The theoretical possibility of advanced arrhythmia screening will only result in tangible health benefits if people will have access to the tool and have an understanding of its use and the benefits it can provide. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">No arms, no chocolate\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>As in the incredibly \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fgoutaste.com\u002Ffrench-sense-of-humor-vs-american-humor-10-best-french-jokes-you-may-tell-your-friends\u002F\">absurd classic French joke\u003C\u002Fa>, digital health tools of today albeit having the potential to bring care to those without access – are in practice delivering the most for those who need it least. Urbanite, wealthy, well-educated patients, who can afford to buy the gadgets and the accompanying services, who can do their research and so on. According to surveys, digital health currently helps those who have the best access to healthcare in all other channels as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"371\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F06\u002FDH-Adoption-Rock-Health-Consumer-Adoption-Equity-Blog-Post-Figures_5.11.22_FINAL.002-1024x495-1-768x371.png\" alt=\"Digital health adoption\" class=\"wp-image-46652\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F06\u002FDH-Adoption-Rock-Health-Consumer-Adoption-Equity-Blog-Post-Figures_5.11.22_FINAL.002-1024x495-1-768x371.png 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F06\u002FDH-Adoption-Rock-Health-Consumer-Adoption-Equity-Blog-Post-Figures_5.11.22_FINAL.002-1024x495-1.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \u002F>\u003Cfigcaption>DH Adoption – infographics by Rock Health\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>In order to reach the full potential of digital health tools, the most important factor (by far!) is to help people using them. This can be done by dedicated healthcare professionals, and centralised initiatives aiming to train members of communities who can mentor their peers. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Train the patients, train the trainers\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>For healthcare professionals dedicated enough to care the first important factor is to identify patients with low digital health literacy. Experts suggest a list of useful questions to do that. Knowing if a patient is available via e-mail, if they have broadband internet access, if they know how to download an app and so on. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Patients who get “flagged” – not using e-mail is a sign that they might need more-than-average support – can best benefit from very specific, hands-on advice from their practitioners. Instead of suggesting they use this or that app, showing how to download and how to use the specific app will result in a much larger engagement and adherence. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Instead of mentioning the possibility to schedule visits online, walking them through the process will be a more efficient form of help. Instead of suggesting to read more about the benefits of their special diets, suggesting specific information sources they can trust will be significantly more helpful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Of course, we can’t allocate a full-time professional health mentor to everyone. This is where the ‘train the trainers’ models can shine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F07\u002Fgamification-gamifying-apps-768x450.jpg\" alt=\"gamification\" class=\"wp-image-29339\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F07\u002Fgamification-gamifying-apps-768x450.jpg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F07\u002Fgamification-gamifying-apps.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \u002F>\u003Cfigcaption>Source: https:\u002F\u002Fappsamurai.com\u002F\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>We can train members of communities, who will be able (and willing) to pass over the knowledge to their peers. If I have learned how to use the online scheduling system, I will be able to show it to my husband. If I know that there is an app for managing diabetes and know how to use it, I can explain it to my neighbour who has the condition. If I was educated about how smartwatches can be used to monitor cardiac parameters, I can teach my coworker with blood pressure problems why he might want to buy one and what to look for when using it. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>There are some interesting initiatives along these lines. NHS launched a \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.digitalhealth.net\u002F2021\u002F10\u002Fresearch-reveals-long-way-to-go-to-close-digital-skills-gap\u002F\">program \u003C\u002Fa>to train digital health mentors, although this aims at healthcare professionals at the moment. \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fpubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\u002F33180917\u002F\">This study\u003C\u002Fa> shows real-world positive results of peer-to-peer mentoring for diabetes patients.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Disruptive technologies have a tendency to widen gaps – before closing them\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>It is hard to predict the rate at which digital health becomes reality for everyone. But thinking back to what we know about former examples of how disruptive – not that anyone called them that then – technologies spread, we see a tendency that they tend to widen the gap at first but close them later. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>From electricity to washing machines, from polio vaccines to mobile phones – there was a period for each when the benefits were only available for a small group of people, but eventually they became the norm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n",false,{"rendered":22,"protected":20},"\u003Cp>Digital health currently helps those t most  who need it the least. 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But this might change, great examples show us of how it can be used to close the gap.",{"self":114,"collection":120,"about":123,"author":126,"replies":129,"version-history":132,"predecessor-version":136,"wp:featuredmedia":140,"wp:attachment":143,"wp:term":146,"curies":162},[115],{"href":116,"targetHints":117},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fposts\u002F46655",{"allow":118},[119],"GET",[121],{"href":122},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fposts",[124],{"href":125},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Ftypes\u002Fpost",[127],{"embeddable":26,"href":128},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fusers\u002F6",[130],{"embeddable":26,"href":131},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fcomments?post=46655",[133],{"count":134,"href":135},9,"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fposts\u002F46655\u002Frevisions",[137],{"id":138,"href":139},46688,"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fposts\u002F46655\u002Frevisions\u002F46688",[141],{"embeddable":26,"href":142},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fmedia\u002F46650",[144],{"href":145},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fmedia?parent=46655",[147,150,153,156,159],{"taxonomy":148,"embeddable":26,"href":149},"category","https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fcategories?post=46655",{"taxonomy":151,"embeddable":26,"href":152},"post_tag","https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Ftags?post=46655",{"taxonomy":154,"embeddable":26,"href":155},"project_category","https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fproject_category?post=46655",{"taxonomy":157,"embeddable":26,"href":158},"contact_email_category","https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fcontact_email_category?post=46655",{"taxonomy":160,"embeddable":26,"href":161},"yst_prominent_words","https:\u002F\u002Fapi.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-json\u002Fwp\u002Fv2\u002Fyst_prominent_words?post=46655",[163],{"name":164,"href":165,"templated":26},"wp","https:\u002F\u002Fapi.w.org\u002F{rel}",[167],{"id":110,"date":168,"date_gmt":169,"guid":170,"modified":172,"modified_gmt":173,"slug":174,"status":13,"type":14,"link":175,"title":176,"content":178,"excerpt":180,"author":23,"featured_media":182,"comment_status":25,"ping_status":25,"sticky":26,"template":27,"format":28,"meta":183,"categories":184,"tags":187,"project_category":208,"contact_email_category":209,"yst_prominent_words":210,"class_list":220,"better_featured_image":244,"acf":267,"yoast_meta":276,"_links":279},"2019-06-11T14:00:26","2019-06-11T12:00:26",{"rendered":171},"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002F?post_id=24101&_wpnonce=78aa907959&status=auto-draft&type=post","2023-03-01T11:55:21","2023-03-01T10:55:21","teaching-kids-digital-health-literacy","https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fteaching-kids-digital-health-literacy",{"rendered":177},"How To Teach Kids (Digital) Health Literacy?",{"rendered":179,"protected":20},"\n\u003Ctable style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; background-color: #eee; border-top: 4px solid #444;\" cellpadding=\"5px\">\n\u003Ctbody>\n\u003Ctr>\n\u003Ctd style=\"width: 100%;\">\n\u003Cp style=\"color: #555;font-size: 12px;line-height: 14px\">THIS ARTICLE HAS NOT BEEN UPDATED SINCE 2019. THE INFORMATION SHARED IN THE ARTICLE WAS ACCURATE AT THE TIME OF ITS PUBLICATION, BUT IT MAY BE OUT OF DATE NOW. \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fmagazine\">BROWSE OUR LATEST ARTICLES HERE\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003C\u002Ftd> \u003C\u002Ftr>\u003C\u002Ftbody>\u003C\u002Ftable>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>In a world of social companion robots, chatbots, or artificial\nintelligence buddies, adults have the responsibility to teach kids well how to\nlive a healthy life with the available technologies, how to balance between the\nonline and the offline world, how to keep their mental stability in the face of\ninnovations. As it’s an awfully difficult job, we collected examples where\ndigital health technology could help and in which areas should analog methods\nprevail. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>The land where kindergarteners play with the texture\nof raspberry\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>When was the last time you paid attention to the\ncrunching sounds while eating a raw carrot? Have you ever listened to it? What\nabout feeling the texture of dough or the scent of squashed blueberries? That’s\nexactly what kindergarteners in Finland are encouraged to do in the framework\nof a lifestyle program called SAPERE supported by the government of the\nScandinavian country. Instead of telling children ‘not to play with your food’,\nthey are encouraged to experiment with lemons, get their hands dirty in a bowl\nfull of flour, or pick apples from the kindergarten’s vegetable garden.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Apparently, it helps kids to get to know and eat more berries, vegetables, and fruits – all the food items that small children tend to disregard in favor of gums, candies, or dinosaur-shaped chocolate bars. As a consequence, they learn at a very early age that eating healthy stuff can also be fun not just obeying a parental command. \u003Cstrong>This sensory-based food education given to 3–5-year-old children in the kindergarten increases their willingness to choose vegetables, berries, and fruit, according to a study from the University of Eastern Finland. The research also states that positive and personal food-related experiences gained in the kindergarten can help modify dietary preferences in a direction that is beneficial for health. Dietary preferences learned in early childhood often stick with a person all the way to adolescence and adulthood.\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image\">\u003Cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F06\u002FSensory-Based-Food-Education-512x341.jpg\" alt=\"digital health literacy\" class=\"wp-image-24102\"\u002F>\u003Cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Source: www.goodtoknow.co.uk\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>Diabetes\nMonster and healthy attitudes toward food at an early age\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.sapere-association.com\u002Fabout-us\u002Fsapere-members\u002Fsapere-in-finland\">SAPERE method was so successful in Finland\u003C\u002Fa> that it was included in the program of every single Finnish kindergarten since then, and some European cities and countries also started to experiment with the program. \u003Cstrong>Why do the Scandinavians allow their little ones to play with food? They believe they can reduce their share of the alarming global obesity epidemic among young children, and prepare them for a healthier adulthood. Namely, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.who.int\u002Fdietphysicalactivity\u002Fchildhood\u002Fen\u002F\">the WHO estimated in 2016\u003C\u002Fa> that the number of overweight children under the age of five was over 41 million. Almost half of all overweight children under 5 lived in Asia and one quarter lived in Africa\u003C\u002Fstrong>. According to the CDC, data from 2015-2016 show that nearly 1 in 5 school age children and young people (6 to 19 years) in the United States is obese; and the percentage has almost tripled since the 1970s.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Although child obesity has its roots in many problems: genetic factors, metabolism, specific eating and physical behavior, short sleep duration, negative childhood events, the impact of the environment, there are several ways how to improve those bleak numbers and prevent diseases like diabetes or cardiovascular conditions in an earlier age. The Finnish SAPERE method is one of them for how to teach a healthy attitude towards a wide range of food items and encourage children to have a diverse diet where sweets, pizza, and spaghetti are balanced out through vegetables. The \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.stuff.co.nz\u002Fmanawatu-standard\u002Fnews\u002F113105062\u002Fchildren-cook-healthy-cuisine-in-kitchen-week-at-shannon-school\">U.S.-based Shannon School\u003C\u002Fa> is doing something similar to primary school children, but nutritious education is part of the curricula at many schools around the world – and we believe many more should follow their examples.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"341\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F06\u002FHealthy-Eating-512x341.jpg\" alt=\"digital health literacy\" class=\"wp-image-24103\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F06\u002FHealthy-Eating-512x341.jpg 512w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F06\u002FHealthy-Eating-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F06\u002FHealthy-Eating.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \u002F>\u003Cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Source: www.healthylivingmadesimple.com\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Nevertheless, \u003Cstrong>digital technologies could also aid children on the path towards healthy eating. \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.mobihealthnews.com\u002F20087\u002Fhow-digital-health-tools-help-kids-form-better-habits\">Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move initiative\u003C\u002Fa> included \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fappsforhealthykids.com\u002F\">an Apps for Healthy Kids contest\u003C\u002Fa>, where the winner was \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.foodnme.com\u002Fsmash-your-food\u002F\">Smash Your Food from Food N’ Me,\u003C\u002Fa> a game that builds kids’ awareness of the fat, sugar and oil content of different foods by letting them guess those numbers and then check their guess through a simulation of smashing the food in a compressor. A similar app from Medtronic uses an animal avatar called \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.lenny-diabetes.com\u002F\">Lenny the Lion\u003C\u002Fa> to teach kids with diabetes about carb counting, while \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fayogo.com\u002Fblog\u002Fmonster-manor\u002F\">Ayogo deployed Monster Manor\u003C\u002Fa> for similar purposes. The Austrian-based mySugr developed the \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fassets.mysugr.com\u002Fwebsite\u002Fmysugr.com-wordpress\u002Fuploads\u002F2016\u002F02\u002FmySugr-Press-Release-Junior-US-Launch_June-7-2013_Jun_7.pdf\">mySugr Junior\u003C\u002Fa> for children aged 6-10 to help them manage their condition with the help of the diabetes monster.\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>Donation\nto charities through step count and fighting inactivity with gamification\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>However, not only food and eating should be on the radar of health-conscious parents. Physical activity is key to the fight against obesity and a variety of childhood diseases. While the WHO recommends 60 minutes of regular, moderate to vigorous-intensity activity every week, a \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.cdc.gov\u002Fmmwr\u002Fpreview\u002Fmmwrhtml\u002Fss6104a1.htm\">youth risk survey across the United States from 2011 showed that\u003C\u002Fa> 13.8 percent of students had not participated in any kind of physical activity that increased their heart rate on at least 1 day during the 7 days before the survey. \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.gov.uk\u002Fgovernment\u002Fnews\u002Fnumber-of-children-getting-enough-physical-activity-drops-by-40\">Another survey from the UK even showed\u003C\u002Fa> that the number of children meeting the recommended amount of physical activity for healthy development and to maintain a healthy weight drops by 40 percent as they move through primary school.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>From \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fhealth-trackers-are-changing-the-experience-of-pregnancy\u002F\">sensors during pregnancy through baby monitors\u003C\u002Fa> until fitness trackers for kids, the scale of digital health devices for the family is widening. Several digital health techniques exist to help reduce these statistics and encourage kids to move more. For example, raising a health-focused and fit child is easier through gamification\u003C\u002Fstrong>. If you tell a kid to go out of the house and leave the video games because that’s healthy, you can be sure as a parent that it won’t happen. On the other hand, if you say that they can collect points or coins and then have some rewards, the story will be completely different.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F07\u002Fgamification-in-healthcare-512x300.jpg\" alt=\"Gamification in Healthcare\" class=\"wp-image-16049\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F07\u002Fgamification-in-healthcare-512x300.jpg 512w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F07\u002Fgamification-in-healthcare-768x450.jpg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F07\u002Fgamification-in-healthcare-427x250.jpg 427w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F07\u002Fgamification-in-healthcare.jpg 870w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \u002F>\u003Cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Source: www.amarketreportsworld.com\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Some companies already realized the benefits of \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Ftop-examples-of-gamification-in-healthcare\">gamification for children’s healthcare\u003C\u002Fa>. Leapband, Zamzee, or \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fbuy.garmin.com\u002Fen-AU\u002FAU\u002Fwearabletech\u002Fwatches-wearable-technology\u002Fvivofit-jr-\u002Fprod544984.html\">Vivofit jr.\u003C\u002Fa>, for example, encourages kids to stay on the move\u003C\u002Fstrong>. The latter tracks steps, sleep and 60 minutes of daily recommended activity. Kids are able to earn coins to redeem for agreed-upon rewards, while parents can monitor the kiddos’ steps and active minutes, assign chores and even hand out those virtual rewards. In the case of Zamzee, kids can cash in their “Pointz” even for donations to a charity, which is apparently a popular choice. \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.mobihealthnews.com\u002F20087\u002Fhow-digital-health-tools-help-kids-form-better-habits\">HopeLab released an efficacy study which showed\u003C\u002Fa> Zamzee got kids to move 59 percent more than non-users over a six-month period.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>Emotional, cognitive health and meditation\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>As in the case of adults, it is also not enough for children just to get the appropriate amount of food, enough sleep and physical activity for being healthy. Physical health greatly corresponds to mental as well as cognitive health, and unfortunately, statistics show that the youngest generation is plagued by mental health troubles. The \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.cdc.gov\u002Fchildrensmentalhealth\u002Fdata.html\">CDC says\u003C\u002Fa> that only in the U.S. 9.4 percent of children have received an ADHD diagnosis, 7.4 percent have a behavior problem, while 7.1 percent fight anxiety and 3.2 percent have been diagnosed with depression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Researchers also found that trends show an increase in mental health troubles among kids – and that might also have something to do with screen time as well as the use of the latest technologies in general\u003C\u002Fstrong>. A \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.sciencedirect.com\u002Fscience\u002Farticle\u002Fpii\u002FS2211335518301827\">study\u003C\u002Fa> published in the journal \u003Cem>Preventive Medicine Reports\u003C\u002Fem> found that young people who spend seven hours or more a day on screens are more than twice as likely to be diagnosed with depression or anxiety than those who use screens for an hour a day. Thus, parents should definitely pay more attention to how much time their kids are spending in front of smartphones, tablets, or TV screens, and what kind of programs they are watching.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"340\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F06\u002FBoy-With-Tablet-512x340.jpg\" alt=\"digital health literacy\" class=\"wp-image-24104\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F06\u002FBoy-With-Tablet-512x340.jpg 512w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F06\u002FBoy-With-Tablet-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F06\u002FBoy-With-Tablet.jpg 1100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \u002F>\u003Cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Source: www.medicalnewstoday.com\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Moving beyond mindless video games or\nsilly cartoons, some \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fimprove-mental-health-with-technology\">mental\nhealth apps\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003Cstrong>\nor \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fhow-to-improve-your-cognitive-health\">cognitive\ngames\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003Cstrong>\ncould even improve the situation. For example, the \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.educationalappstore.com\u002Fapp\u002Fmindshift\">MindShift\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003Cstrong> app aims to help young adults cope\nwith anxiety, by acting as a portable coach that guides users through\nchallenging situations. \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.educationalappstore.com\u002Fapp\u002Fbreathe-think-do-with-sesame\">Breathe,\nThink, and Do\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003Cstrong>\nwith Sesame is another app that helps kids learn to deal with frustrating\nsituations using the “breathe, think, do” method. Regarding cognitive\ngames, we can recommend \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.lumosity.com\u002F\">Lumosity\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003Cstrong>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.elevateapp.com\u002F\">Elevate\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003Cstrong>, \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.peak.net\u002F\">Peak\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003Cstrong>,\nor \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.cognifit.com\u002F\">CogniFit\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003Cstrong>, which all improve brain activity\nthrough engaging games and show kids that there’s more out there than killing\nzombies. \u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>On\na more institutional level, some schools are experimenting with meditation. \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.abc.net.au\u002Fnews\u002F2019-06-03\u002Fmeditation-hailed-as-important-tool-for-helping-kids-with-stress\u002F11168336\">Teachers\nat Brighton State School on Brisbane’s bayside are among a growing number of\neducators\u003C\u002Fa> embedding meditation into their daily lesson plans to\nhelp children deal with their emotions and improve focus and behavior. That\nsounds like a practice to be followed in the future!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>Preparing kids for medical emergencies\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Medical education is also an important aspect of\nchildren’s health. It is very useful to teach kids early about bacteria,\ndiseases, allergies, or even medical emergencies. The Medical Futurist team\nloved the French animation\u003Cem>, Il était un fois… la vie\n(1986). \u003C\u002Fem>It was fascinating\nhow the creators talked about the human body as a construction where tiny cars\nfloated through human veins, grab-cranes worked on teeth and bacteria as tiny\nmonsters tried to attack innocent screaming lady-cells, while white blood cells\ndefended the body as well-trained soldiers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>That’s a way kids also understand and find entertaining – and that’s what digital health technologies also employ. The American Red Cross developed an \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.redcross.org\u002Fmonsterguard\">app called Monster Guard\u003C\u002Fa> focused on helping prepare children for emergencies\u003C\u002Fstrong>. It teaches kids through “Monster Guard Academy” how to prepare and stay safe during home fires, hurricanes, floods or other disasters, and they get points and medals for completing tasks. \u003Cstrong>The Italian Resuscitation Council (IRC) produced a very innovative and challenging project called “\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.emergency-live.com\u002Fit\u002Fnews\u002Ftraining-cpr-virtuale-ecco-come-diventare-eroi-nella-realta\u002F\">VR CPR\u003C\u002Fa>”.\u003C\u002Fstrong> The aim of this project is to create a full self-directed learning platform for cardiopulmonary resuscitation training in VR. Imagine how children might exercise CPR in VR on their little teddy bears in the future… and if we are already imagining things further down the road…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"288\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F06\u002FMonster-Guard-512x288.jpg\" alt=\"digital health literacy\" class=\"wp-image-24105\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F06\u002FMonster-Guard-512x288.jpg 512w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F06\u002FMonster-Guard-370x208.jpg 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F06\u002FMonster-Guard-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F06\u002FMonster-Guard.jpg 1422w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \u002F>\u003Cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Source: www.apkpure.com\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>The future of children’s health\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>How could a kid’s childhood look in 30-40 years \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.livescience.com\u002F65633-climate-change-dooms-humans-by-2050.html\">if we manage the save the planet from ourselves\u003C\u002Fa>? We believe that every child might get the results of their genome sequencing as early as the day after they are born – but parents will have the responsibility to hand it over to them when they believe that it is time for it\u003C\u002Fstrong>. As genetics will get more and more significant in the coming years, parents might consider having a conversation about genetics and genomics with their kids. We know that the appearance of cheap direct-to-consumer genetic testing brought with it an era when anyone can have their ancestry test in weeks and that might \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fnypost.com\u002F2018\u002F08\u002F11\u002Fancestry-tests-are-revealing-shocking-family-secrets\u002F\">create awkward situations within families\u003C\u002Fa>, but as that option will not vanish anytime soon, isn’t it wiser to tell your kids the truth early enough? And regarding health risks, it is even more important to be honest, as they could have the chance to shape their diet and lifestyle according to their genetic background.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>On another note, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fkid-will-play-friends-learn-vr-teachers\">the use of VR, AR, artificial intelligence and robotics\u003C\u002Fa> seems to be inevitable in raising children 30-40 years from now. No matter whether it is about babysitting, education or play-time, digital technologies have the capacity to completely reshape the experience of being a child and a parent\u003C\u002Fstrong>. New York-based Elemental Path, for example, develops Cognitoys, dinosaur-shaped toys kids can have a discussion with. It teaches them how to count, how to create stories together (!), remember colors and more. They can sing or play games and they also have amazingly bad word-wits. Toys that use artificial intelligence might become real friends with kids. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>As a consequence, parents will need to teach their kids how to survive in the digital as well as the real world in the future; how to find the balance between the analog and the digital, the real and the virtual\u003C\u002Fstrong>. Not an easy job, but we should never forget that technology is out there as a tool to help humans, we are the ones to make the decision on how to use it. So, we should use it well, and teach our kids to do the same.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ctable style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; background-color: #eee; border-top: 4px solid #444;\" cellpadding=\"10px\">\n\u003Ctbody>\n\u003Ctr>\n\u003Ctd style=\"width: 100%;\">\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>At The Medical Futurist, we are building a community for making a bold vision about the future of healthcare reality today.\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ciframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.youtube.com\u002Fembed\u002FFIbMejImnxs\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\">\u003C\u002Fiframe>\n\u003Cp>If you’d like to support this mission, we invite you to \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.patreon.com\u002Fthemedicalfuturist\">join The Medical Futurist Patreon Community\u003C\u002Fa>. 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Thank you.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003C\u002Ftd>\n\u003C\u002Ftr>\n\u003C\u002Ftbody>\n\u003C\u002Ftable>\n\u003Cp> \u003C\u002Fp>\n",{"rendered":181,"protected":20},"\u003Cp>In a world of social companion robots, chatbots, or artificial intelligence buddies, adults have the responsibility to teach kids well how to live a healthy life with the available technologies, how to balance between the online and the offline world, how to keep their mental stability in the face of innovations. 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