So a new concept has emerged: “digital equity.” It’s an important idea, and one to which educators and education institutions should pay close attention. The digital divide can actually negatively affect people’s health. This understanding has led researchers and health care professionals to start making the case that the digital divide can actually negatively affect people’s health. This makes access or lack of access to technology one of the many social determinants of health, or conditions that influence health risks and outcomes, The FCC goes on to note that “fostering digital equity and health equity are inextricably intertwined.”
