Socioeconomic disadvantage and engagement with digital contact tracing for COVID-19 in Western Sydney: A secondary analysis of surveillance data

CONCLUSIONS: Digital data collection for contact tracing was a scalable and efficient tool in the context of the Western Sydney Local Health District COVID-19 response. However, older people and individuals in disadvantaged communities were less likely to engage.IMPLICATIONS FOR PUBLIC HEALTH: Responses to future pandemics should leverage the resource-efficiency of digital interventions but should avoid compounding existing health inequalities.PMID:37738808 | DOI:10.1016/j.anzjph.2023.100087
Source: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Source Type: research