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COVER SHEET: STUDENT DECLARATION I declare that: •

This assessment does not contain any material that has previously been submitted for assessment at this or any other university, except where authorised by the convenor concerned and where acknowledgement is made in the text;

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I alone have produced this original piece of work and no part has been completed by any other student.

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I have read and understood the avoiding plagiarism guidelines and no part of this work has been copied or paraphrased from any other course except where this has been clearly acknowledged in the body of the assessment and included in the reference list.

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I have retained a copy of this assessment that can be produced in the event of it becoming lost or damaged.

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Jade Huynh

Digital health interventions (DHI) manifests the utility of digital technology to promote and achieve health system needs and intentions through the use of internet and mobile devices (WHO, 2018). This type of digital health is referred to as both eHealth and mHealth. This digital health system is a more effective and cost-efficient method to improve health outcomes for society, healthcare providers, health systems and for data services. With society’s engagement, it is significant for intervention effectiveness in digital health as it has attained positive health and changed behaviour results. The use of digital technology is used for maximum impact on people’s health and health systems.

The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (2018) believes the use of digital health technologies will “strengthen health service delivery and achieve health goals”. Hence this organisation has begun collecting evidence to improve the service delivery by engaging communities, citizens and society in decision-making to find out the most successful approach to help health sectors achieve their objectives. Throughout the years, the use of technology has expanded through all generations. Consequently, the use of technology within the DHI is to articulate how it addresses the identified health needs to the majority of those who uses it.

Although society influences the impact of the engagement with DHI, many participants reject their contribution to eHealth intervention due to two factors influencing their disengagement. According to Ryan (2018), having the difficulty to use technology as well as person-related matters such as their beliefs, cognitions and values are the factors in which can cause the participant to reject their involvement. With technology always evolving, older generation may find difficulty in using technology and will perhaps opted out in any interventions that are provided by any organisations. With each individual having a

different culture or belief, they may disagree with some of the objectives the health sectors may present. I believe that this is important because everyone should be able to have the advantage of having a service that is efficient and beneficial, and most importantly, a system that can provide assistant to those that needs extra support.

I believe the engagement of society in terms of digital health is an innovative way for each health sectors to achieve their objectives. With society’s input, this will aid organisations to focus on improving their goals to find better ways to engage with society. According to The Daily Star (2019), the World Health Organisation (WHO) has received positive effects back from their digital interventions, such as reminders begin sent out to pregnant women to attend their appointments or to get vaccinations for their children. This is an exceptional way to ensure clients have the most efficient service when it comes to their health.

References WHO. (2018). Classification of digital health interventions. Retrieved from World Health Organisation: https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/260480/WHO-RHR18.06-eng.pdf?sequence=1 UNICEF. (2018). UNICEF’s approach to digital health. Retrieved from https://www.unicef.org/innovation/media/506/file Ryan, K. (2018). Designing for meaningful engagement with digital health intervention. Retrieved from: https://blogs.ucl.ac.uk/cbc-digi-hub-blog/2018/04/20/designingfor-meaningful-engagement-with-digital-health-interventions/ The Daily Star. (2019). First guidance on digital health interventions. Retrieved from https://www.thedailystar.net/health/news/first-guideline-digital-health-interventions-1732561...