A scoping review and expert consensus on digital determinants of health.

Objective: To map how social, commercial, political and digital determinants of health have changed or emerged during the recent digital transformation of society and to identify priority areas for policy action.

Methods: We systematically searched MEDLINE, Embase and Web of Science on 24 September 2023, to identify eligible reviews published in 2018 and later. To ensure we included the most recent literature, we supplemented our review with non-systematic searches in PubMed® and Google Scholar, along with records identified by subject matter experts.

Cultural and Social Aspects of Anxiety Disorders.

Understanding the cultural and social aspects of anxiety disorders is necessary to ensure the design and implementation of effective, evidence-based methods for diagnosis, prevention, and treatment among diverse populations, particularly those who are minoritized, marginalized, and traditionally underserved. This article describes variations in anxiety disorder prevalence and the association between sociocultural characteristics and stressors known to increase risk for anxiety. The ways sociocultural context impacts anxiety phenomenology and expression is explored.

Public health interventions to address digital determinants of children's health and wellbeing.

The increasing use of digital media and devices by children has led to growing concerns that spending time online without sufficient guarding is having negative effects on their health and wellbeing. In this Viewpoint, we argue that children's use of digital technologies and engagement in digital environments should be recognised as important determinants of their health and that a public health approach is required to protect children from digital harms. Drawing on lessons from well-established approaches to address other public health challenges, we summarise three groups of public health interventions that can help delay media use among very young children, reduce digital media use among children of all ages, and mitigate any harmful consequences of children's digital media use.