Refine
Year of publication
- 2018 (1)
Document Type
- Article (1)
Institute
Language
- English (1)
Has Fulltext
- no (1)
Is part of the Bibliography
- yes (1)
Keywords
- Social inequality (1) (remove)
When it comes to improving the health of the general population, mHealth technologies with self-monitoring and intervention components hold a lot of promise. We argue, however, that due to various factors such as access, targeting, personal resources or incentives, self-monitoring applications run the risk of increasing health inequalities, thereby creating a problem of social justice. We review empirical evidence for “intervention-generated” inequalities, present arguments that self-monitoring applications are still morally acceptable, and develop approaches to avoid the promotion of health inequalities through self-monitoring applications.