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Exploring the adoption of digital health technologies: understanding factors influencing the adoption of contact tracing apps and implications for Sti notification systems
| Resumo: | Technological innovation drives economic growth and human progress, enhancing living standards. Repurposing technology for new contexts is a key innovation pathway, but user acceptance in new contexts is crucial. When technology shifts from public to private contexts, different social influences affect acceptance. This study examines how social factors influence the acceptance of repurposed Digital Contact Tracing (DCT) technology, initially for COVID-19, to manage STIs. Interviews with young adults reveal social stigma, image, awareness, peer usage, subjective norms, and data security as critical factors. The study extends Technology Acceptance Models by showing the impact of social influences on technology repurposing acceptance. |
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| Autores principais: | Zweydinger, Eva |
| Assunto: | Digital Health technologies Diffusion of innovation theory Contact tracing apps CEMS MIM |
| Ano: | 2024 |
| País: | Portugal |
| Tipo de documento: | dissertação de mestrado |
| Tipo de acesso: | acesso embargado |
| Instituição associada: | Universidade Nova de Lisboa |
| Idioma: | inglês |
| Origem: | Repositório Institucional da UNL |
| Resumo: | Technological innovation drives economic growth and human progress, enhancing living standards. Repurposing technology for new contexts is a key innovation pathway, but user acceptance in new contexts is crucial. When technology shifts from public to private contexts, different social influences affect acceptance. This study examines how social factors influence the acceptance of repurposed Digital Contact Tracing (DCT) technology, initially for COVID-19, to manage STIs. Interviews with young adults reveal social stigma, image, awareness, peer usage, subjective norms, and data security as critical factors. The study extends Technology Acceptance Models by showing the impact of social influences on technology repurposing acceptance. |
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