Health Hum Rights. 2024 Dec;26(2):45-60.
In her 2023 report to the United Nations Human Rights Council on digital innovation, technology, and the right to health, the Special Rapporteur on the right to health underscored the positive impact of the digital transformation on young people, but also noted serious concerns, calling for greater efforts to consult and engage with youth and civil society. In our study, early-career researchers from Bangladesh and Colombia collaborated within a broader international research and advocacy project to investigate how diverse young adults experience digital health and to invite their recommendations and collaborative advocacy. Researchers held focus group discussions and interviews with young adults aged 18-30 (in Bangladesh, predominantly men; in Colombia, people living with HIV, gay men, and transgender women). In both countries, young adults said the digital turn had transformed their access to sexual and reproductive health and HIV information, highlighting both the positive role of young social media influencers and the harms caused by misinformation, lack of confidentiality, and widespread stigma. They called for greater government efforts to develop digital health, including through social media platforms. We find that transnational collaborations like this one offer the potential to generate actionable insights and inform the development of rights-based digital governance.
在健康权特别报告员2023年提交给联合国人权理事会的关于数字创新、技术与健康权的报告中，她强调了数字转型对年轻人的积极影响，但也指出了严重关切的问题，呼吁加大力度与青年和民间社会进行协商并让其参与进来。在我们的研究中，来自孟加拉国和哥伦比亚的早期职业研究人员在一个更广泛的国际研究与宣传项目中展开合作，以调查不同的年轻人如何体验数字健康，并征求他们的建议和合作宣传。研究人员与18至30岁的年轻人进行了焦点小组讨论和访谈（在孟加拉国，主要是男性；在哥伦比亚，是艾滋病毒感染者、男同性恋者和跨性别女性）。在这两个国家，年轻人表示数字转型改变了他们获取性健康和生殖健康以及艾滋病毒信息的方式，既强调了年轻社交媒体影响者的积极作用，也指出了错误信息、缺乏保密性和普遍存在的污名化所造成的危害。他们呼吁政府加大力度发展数字健康，包括通过社交媒体平台。我们发现，像这样的跨国合作有潜力产生可付诸行动的见解，并为基于权利的数字治理发展提供信息。
