[Developments in the Digitalization of Public Health Since 2020 : Examples from the Leibniz ScienceCampus Digital Public Health Bremen]

Overview

Journal Bundesgesundheitsblatt Gesundheitsforschung Gesundheitsschutz

Publisher Springer

Specialty Public Health

Date 2024 Jan 10

PMID 38197925

Authors

Hajo Zeeb

Benjamin Schuz

Tanja Schultz

Iris Pigeot

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Abstract

Digital public health has received a significant boost in recent years, especially due to the demands associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. In this report, we provide an overview of the developments in digitalization in the field of public health in Germany since 2020 and illustrate these with examples from the Leibniz ScienceCampus Digital Public Health Bremen (LSC DiPH).The following topics are central: How do digital survey methods as well as digital biomarkers and artificial intelligence methods shape modern epidemiology and prevention research? What is the status of digitalization in public health offices? Which approaches to health economics evaluation of digital public health interventions have been utilized so far? What is the status of training and further education in digital public health?The first years of the Leibniz ScienceCampus Digital Public Health Bremen (LSC DiPH) were also strongly influenced by the COVID-19 pandemic. Repeated population-based digital surveys of the LSC indicated an increase in use of health apps in the population, for example, in applications to support physical activity. The COVID-19-pandemic has also shown that the digitalization of public health enhances the risk of misinformation and disinformation.

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