The behavioral health toll of the COVID-19 pandemic and systemic racism has directed increased attention to the potential of digital health as a way of improving access to and quality of behavioral health care. However, as the pandemic continues to widen health disparities in racially and ethnically minoritized groups, concerns arise around an increased reliance on digital health technologies exacerbating the digital divide and reinforcing rather than mitigating systemic health inequities in communities of color. As funding for digital mental health continues to surge, we offer five key recommendations on how the field can “REACT” to ensure the development of approaches that increase health equity by increasing real-world evidence, educating consumers and providers, utilizing adaptive interventions to optimize care, creating for diverse populations, and building trust. Recommendations highlight the need to take a strengths-based view when designing for racially and ethnically diverse populations and embracing the potential of digital approaches to address complex challenges.

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是时候做出反应了：数字心理健康应用程序有机会减少种族和民族少数群体的心理健康差异


COVID-19 大流行和系统性种族主义对行为健康造成的损失让人们越来越关注数字健康作为改善行为医疗保健的可及性和质量的一种方式的潜力。然而，随着这一流行病继续扩大种族和族裔少数群体的健康差距，人们开始担心对数字医疗技术的日益依赖，这会加剧数字鸿沟，并加剧而不是减轻有色人种社区的系统性健康不平等。随着数字心理健康的资金持续激增，我们就该领域如何“做出反应”提供五项关键建议，以确保开发出通过增加现实世界证据、教育消费者和提供者、利用适应性干预措施来优化健康公平的方法。关心、为不同人群创造并建立信任。建议强调，在针对不同种族和民族的人群进行设计时，需要采取基于优势的观点，并利用数字方法的潜力来应对复杂的挑战。