Children and young people are growing up in a digital world but their lived experiences of that world, and its opportunities and risks, vary dramatically depending on where they live and their socio-economic status. Young people’s ability to use digital technologies to learn about and manage their health and well-being is determined by a range of intersecting economic, social, and political factors.

In this poster, the Governing Health Futures 2030 Commission presents a new typology of digital health childhood profiles ranging from ‘digitally excluded’ to ‘digitally immersed’. The purpose of these profiles is to highlight the need for policymakers and other digital health actors to take young people’s different realities into account when designing and applying digital health tools.

Do these profiles adequately reflect the diversity of young people’s experiences of digital transformations in health? Let us know!