Digital technology ownership, usage, and factors predicting downloading health apps among caucasian, filipino, korean, and latino americans: the digital link to health survey.

Abstract

Interventions using mobile health mHealth apps have been effective in promoting healthy lifestyle behavior change and hold promise in improving health outcomes to thereby reduce health disparities among diverse racial ethnic populations particularly Latino and Asian American subgroups Filipinos and Koreans at high risk for diabetes and cardiovascular disease Latinos and Asian Americans are avid digital technology owners and users However limited datasets exist regarding digital technology ownership and use especially among specific racial ethnic subgroups Such information is needed to inform development of culturally tailored mHealth tools for use with lifestyle interventions promoting healthy behaviors for these at risk racial ethnic populations