‘Serious Games’ for unboxing Global Digital Health policymaking

Godinho, Myron Anthony; Borda, Ann; Kostkova, Patty; Molnar, Andreea; Liaw, Siaw‐Teng

doi:10.1136/bmjstel-2020-000606

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“…Having previously explored the role of digital participation in health (e.g. for policymaking (Godinho et al., 2020b), service co-production (Godinho et al., 2020a) and serious games participation (Borda et al., 2019)), we observe that similar mechanisms enable digital participation for knowledge co-creation in COVID-19 responses, and place several frameworks in conversation with each other to demonstrate this. While definitions vary widely, ‘knowledge co-creation’ is essentially the bi-directional, interactive development of new knowledge, together with diverse stakeholders, e.g.…”

Section: Unboxing the Convergence Of ‘Data’ ‘Participation’ And ‘Policy’mentioning

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Knowledge co-creation in participatory policy and practice: Building community through data-driven direct democracy

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Engaging citizens with digital technology to co-create data, information and knowledge has widely become an important strategy for informing the policy response to COVID-19 and the ‘infodemic’ of misinformation in cyberspace. This move towards digital citizen participation aligns well with the United Nations’ agenda to encourage the use of digital tools to enable data-driven, direct democracy. From data capture to information generation, and knowledge co-creation, every stage of the data lifecycle bears important considerations to inform policy and practice. Drawing on evidence of participatory policy and practice during COVID-19, we outline a framework for citizen ‘e-participation’ in knowledge co-creation across every stage of the policy cycle. We explore how coupling the generation of information with that of social capital can provide opportunities to collectively build trust in institutions, accelerate recovery and facilitate the ‘e-society’. We outline the key aspects of realising this vision of data-driven direct democracy by discussing several examples. Sustaining participatory knowledge co-creation beyond COVID-19 requires that local organisations and institutions (e.g. academia, health and welfare, government, business) incorporate adaptive learning mechanisms into their operational and governance structures, their integrated service models, as well as employing emerging social innovations.

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“…A greater geopolitical understanding and critical approach to DHD is essential to take action on these recommendations. 49 Nations require the independent sociotechnical capacity to provide public services and manage crises without compromising data security or patient rights when negotiating international data sharing agreements. 50 This is crucial for cross-border management of infectious diseases, such as HIV at the Kenya-Ugandan border, tuberculosis in migrant workers traversing the US-Mexico border, or COVID-19.…”

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“Digital Health Diplomacy” in Global Digital Health? A call for critique and discourse

Godinho

Martins

Al-Shorbaji³

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Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

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Actualizing the vision of Global Digital Health is a central issue on the Global Health Diplomacy agenda. The COVID-reinforced need for accelerated digital health progress will require political structures and processes to build a foundation for Global Digital Health. Simultaneously, Global Health Diplomacy uses digital technologies in its enactment. Both phenomena have driven interest in the term “Digital Health Diplomacy.” A review of the literature revealed 2 emerging but distinct definitions that have been published very recently, each with its associated discourse and practice. This multiplicity of ideas demonstrates the myriad ways in which global digital and political systems are becoming increasingly entangled. Untangling these, this paper proposes and discusses 3 dimensions of Digital Health Diplomacy: “Diplomacy for digital health,” “Digital health for diplomacy,” and “Digital health in diplomacy.” It calls upon digital health professionals, diplomats, political and social scientists, epidemiologists, and clinicians to discuss, critique, and advance this emerging domain.

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“…Building on our previous work regarding debate simulations for cultivating digital health policymaking, 22 this article reports on a pilot study of a simulated online debate on DVPs. This study sought to use a participatory policy simulation to critically analyze the sociotechnical issues associated with the global implementation of DVPs, and to generate useful insights and questions about the role of diplomacy in global digital health.…”

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Digital vaccine passports and digital health diplomacy: an online model WHO simulation

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Liaw

Kanjo

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In the wake of COVID -19, several nations have sought to implement digital vaccine passports (DVPs) to enable the resumption of international travel. Comprising a minimum dataset for each unique individual, DVPs have the makings of a global electronic health record, broaching key issues involved in building a global digital health ecosystem. Debate simulations offer a safe, interactive space to foster participatory policy discussions for advancing digital health diplomacy. This study used an online simulation of a Model World Health Assembly to critically analyse the sociotechnical issues associated with the global implementation of DVPs, and to generate useful insights and questions about the role of diplomacy in global digital health. The debate arguments addressed and provided insights into the technological, scientific, ethical, legal, policy & societal aspects of DVPs. Reflecting on the simulation, we discuss its opportunities and challenges for the digitalization, decolonization, decentralization, and democratisation of participatory policymaking.

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‘Serious Games’ for unboxing Global Digital Health policymaking

Cited by 5 publications

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Knowledge co-creation in participatory policy and practice: Building community through data-driven direct democracy

Knowledge co-creation in participatory policy and practice: Building community through data-driven direct democracy

“Digital Health Diplomacy” in Global Digital Health? A call for critique and discourse

Digital vaccine passports and digital health diplomacy: an online model WHO simulation

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