This special issue introduction makes the case for analyzing the rise of digital health technologies within global public health within the framework of political determinants of health and identifying how digital technologies impact, both positively and negatively, inequities in health. This special issue brings together diverse perspectives from academics, policy makers, practitioners and activists from around the world, most of whom participated in a 2019 conference Political Origins of Health Inequities: Technology in the Digital Age. The contributions engage with empirical data and practical experiences from Africa (Ghana, Tanzania, Kenya, South Africa, Sierra Leone), Asia (India), Europe (Germany, Norway, the European Union), and North America (the United States and Canada). Taken together and individually, the six research articles, seven ‘policy insight’ commentaries and three ‘practitioner commentaries’ identify and critically interrogate the political dimensions that link digital technologies and health equity.

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数字技术和健康不平等的政治决定因素：特刊介绍

本期特刊介绍在健康的政治决定因素框架内分析数字健康技术在全球公共卫生领域的兴起，并确定数字技术如何对健康不平等产生积极和消极的影响。本期特刊汇集了来自世界各地的学者、政策制定者、从业者和活动家的不同观点，其中大多数人参加了 2019 年会议“健康不平等的政治起源：数字时代的技术”. 这些贡献涉及非洲（加纳、坦桑尼亚、肯尼亚、南非、塞拉利昂）、亚洲（印度）、欧洲（德国、挪威、欧盟）和北美（美国和加拿大）的实证数据和实践经验）。将六篇研究文章、七篇“政策洞察”评论和三篇“从业评论”合在一起和单独考虑，确定并批判性地质疑了将数字技术与健康公平联系起来的政治维度。