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ReviewThe Lancet. Digital health2025

Transforming women's health, empowerment, and gender equality with digital health: evidence-based policy and practice.

Israel Júnior Borges do Nascimento, Hebatullah Mohamed Abdulazeem, Ishanka Weerasekara, Jodie Marquez, Lenny T Vasanthan, Genevieve Deeken, Rosemary Morgan, Heang-Lee Tan, Isabel Yordi Aguirre, Lasse Østeengaard and 6 more

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Review in The Lancet. Digital health, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

16 authors.

Israel Júnior Borges do NascimentoDivision of Country Health Policies and Systems, WHO Regional Office for Europe, Copenhagen, Denmark; Centre de Recherche en Epidémiologie et Statistiques (CRESS), Hôpital Hôtel-Dieu, Paris, France; Department of Internal Medicine at School of Medicine, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Division of Emergency Medicine, Hospital Metropolitano Odilon Behrens, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Hebatullah Mohamed AbdulazeemChair of Epidemiology, TUM School of Medicine and Health, Technical University of Munich (TUM), Munich, Germany.
Ishanka WeerasekaraInstitute of Health and Wellbeing, Federation University, Churchill, VIC, Australia; Faculty of Health and Social Sciences, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Bergen, Norway.
Jodie MarquezSchool of Health Sciences, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, Australia.
Lenny T VasanthanPhysical Medicine and Rehabilitation Department, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India.
Genevieve DeekenCentre de Recherche en Epidémiologie et Statistiques (CRESS), Hôpital Hôtel-Dieu, Paris, France; Department of Global Public Health - Global Studies, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA.
Rosemary MorganDepartment of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Heang-Lee TanDepartment of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Isabel Yordi AguirreDivision of Country Health Policies and Systems, WHO Regional Office for Europe, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Lasse ØsteengaardCentre for Evidence-Based Medicine Odense (CEBMO) and Cochrane Denmark, Department of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark.
Indunil KularathneFaculty of Allied Health Sciences, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka; National Hospital, Kandy, Sri Lanka.
Natasha Azzopardi-MuscatDivision of Country Health Policies and Systems, WHO Regional Office for Europe, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Robin van KesselLSE Health, Department of Health Policy, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK; Department of International Health, Care and Public Health Research Institute, Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands.
Edson Zangiacomi MartinezRibeirão Preto Medical School, Federal University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil.
Govin PermanandDivision of Country Health Policies and Systems, WHO Regional Office for Europe, Copenhagen, Denmark.
David Novillo-OrtizDivision of Country Health Policies and Systems, WHO Regional Office for Europe, Copenhagen, Denmark. Electronic address: dnovillo@who.int.

Funding

World Health Organization 001
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We evaluated the effects of digital health technologies (DHTs) on women's health, empowerment, and gender equality, using the scoping review method. Following a search across five databases and grey literature, we analysed 80 studies published up to Aug 18, 2023. The thematic appraisal and quantitative analysis found that DHTs positively affect women's access to health-care services, self-care, and tailored self-monitoring enabling the acquisition of health-related interventions. Use of these technologies is beneficial across various medical fields, including gynaecology, endocrinology, and psychiatry. DHTs also improve women's empowerment and gender equality by facilitating skills acquisition, health education, and social interaction, while allowing cost-effective health services. Overall, DHTs contribute to better health outcomes for women and support the UN Sustainable Development Goals by improving access to health care and financial literacy.

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Digital TechnologyEmpowermentGender EquityWomen's HealthDigital HealthFemaleHealth PolicyHealth Services AccessibilityHumans

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PMID40368744
PMCPMC12208921

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