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Yale Assistant Professor of Jamaican Descent Fighting to Narrow Digital Health Divide for People of Color
Terika McCall, an assistant professor of Health Informatics at the Yale School of Public Health, is focusing attention on one of the most important aspects of mental health care: access to care. She believes that mental health apps offer significant opportunities to address the issue, but notes that many of the mental health apps available on the market do not really meet the need for support of individuals from minoritized populations. One reason for this situation, according to McCall, is failure to include the intended users in the design process. “They often go for the ‘low-hanging fruit’ of individuals that are more affluent, and primarily White. Then wonder why the user engagement and health benefits don’t translate to Black and Brown communities.”
Source: Jamaica Magazine