Information and communication technology-based health interventions for transgender people: A scoping review.
In the recent past, there has been a strong interest in the use of information and communication technology (ICT) to deliver healthcare to 'hard-to-reach' populations. This scoping review aims to explore the types of ICT-based health interventions for transgender people, and the concerns o...
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| author | Horas T H Wong Sujith Kumar Prankumar Jialiang Cui Christopher Tumwine Isaac Yeboah Addo Wansang Kan Muhammad Naveed Noor |
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| description | In the recent past, there has been a strong interest in the use of information and communication technology (ICT) to deliver healthcare to 'hard-to-reach' populations. This scoping review aims to explore the types of ICT-based health interventions for transgender people, and the concerns on using these interventions and ways to address these concerns. Guided by the scoping review frameworks offered by Arksey & O'Malley and the PRISMA-ScR checklist, literature search was conducted in May 2021 and January 2022 in three databases (PubMed, CINAHL and Scopus). The two searches yielded a total of 889 non-duplicated articles, with 47 of them meeting the inclusion criteria. The 47 articles described 39 unique health projects/programs, covering 8 types of ICT-based interventions: videoconferencing, smartphone applications, messaging, e-coaching, self-learning platforms, telephone, social media, and e-consultation platforms. Over 80% of the health projects identified were conducted in North America, and 62% focused on HIV/sexual health. The findings of this review suggest that transgender people had often been regarded as a small subsample in ICT-based health projects that target other population groups (such as 'men who have sex with men' or 'sexual minority'). Many projects did not indicate whether transgender people were included in the development or evaluation of the project. Relatively little is known about the implementation of ICT-based trans health interventions outside the context of HIV/sexual health, in resource limiting settings, and among transgender people of Asian, Indigenous or other non-White/Black/Hispanic backgrounds. While the range of interventions identified demonstrate the huge potentials of ICT to improve healthcare access for transgender people, the current body of literature is still far from adequate for making comprehensive recommendations on the best practice of ICT-based interventions for transgender people. Future ICT-based interventions need to be more inclusive and specified, in order to ensure the interventions are safe, accessible and effective for transgender people. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0538fc9ca29c4f199bd9f2c7e521f0472023-09-03T10:39:45ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLOS Global Public Health2767-33752022-01-0129e000105410.1371/journal.pgph.0001054Information and communication technology-based health interventions for transgender people: A scoping review.Horas T H WongSujith Kumar PrankumarJialiang CuiChristopher TumwineIsaac Yeboah AddoWansang KanMuhammad Naveed NoorIn the recent past, there has been a strong interest in the use of information and communication technology (ICT) to deliver healthcare to 'hard-to-reach' populations. This scoping review aims to explore the types of ICT-based health interventions for transgender people, and the concerns on using these interventions and ways to address these concerns. Guided by the scoping review frameworks offered by Arksey & O'Malley and the PRISMA-ScR checklist, literature search was conducted in May 2021 and January 2022 in three databases (PubMed, CINAHL and Scopus). The two searches yielded a total of 889 non-duplicated articles, with 47 of them meeting the inclusion criteria. The 47 articles described 39 unique health projects/programs, covering 8 types of ICT-based interventions: videoconferencing, smartphone applications, messaging, e-coaching, self-learning platforms, telephone, social media, and e-consultation platforms. Over 80% of the health projects identified were conducted in North America, and 62% focused on HIV/sexual health. The findings of this review suggest that transgender people had often been regarded as a small subsample in ICT-based health projects that target other population groups (such as 'men who have sex with men' or 'sexual minority'). Many projects did not indicate whether transgender people were included in the development or evaluation of the project. Relatively little is known about the implementation of ICT-based trans health interventions outside the context of HIV/sexual health, in resource limiting settings, and among transgender people of Asian, Indigenous or other non-White/Black/Hispanic backgrounds. While the range of interventions identified demonstrate the huge potentials of ICT to improve healthcare access for transgender people, the current body of literature is still far from adequate for making comprehensive recommendations on the best practice of ICT-based interventions for transgender people. Future ICT-based interventions need to be more inclusive and specified, in order to ensure the interventions are safe, accessible and effective for transgender people.https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0001054 |
| spellingShingle | Horas T H Wong Sujith Kumar Prankumar Jialiang Cui Christopher Tumwine Isaac Yeboah Addo Wansang Kan Muhammad Naveed Noor Information and communication technology-based health interventions for transgender people: A scoping review. PLOS Global Public Health |
| title | Information and communication technology-based health interventions for transgender people: A scoping review. |
| title_full | Information and communication technology-based health interventions for transgender people: A scoping review. |
| title_fullStr | Information and communication technology-based health interventions for transgender people: A scoping review. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Information and communication technology-based health interventions for transgender people: A scoping review. |
| title_short | Information and communication technology-based health interventions for transgender people: A scoping review. |
| title_sort | information and communication technology based health interventions for transgender people a scoping review |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0001054 |
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