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REVIEW article

Front. Public Health
Sec. Public Health Education and Promotion
Volume 12 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1537057

Population Dynamics and Digitalization: Implications for COVID-19 Data Sources in South Africa -A Scoping Review

Provisionally accepted
Monica Ewomazino Akokuwebe, PhD Monica Ewomazino Akokuwebe, PhD *Martin E Palamuleni Martin E Palamuleni Erhabor Sunday Idemudia Erhabor Sunday Idemudia
  • Faculty of Humanities, North-West University, Mafikeng, South Africa

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    Objectives: The study explores how humanity influences the development of digitalization on population dynamics during the changing times of the Covid-19 pandemic. Methods: A scoping review was conducted using PRISMA guidelines. Fifteen full-text articles were selected from 40 identified studies (2020-2023). Results: Three themes emerged: 1) influence of humanity on the development of digitalization on population dynamics during changing times, 2) technical and ethical challenges, and 3) solutions to these challenges. Conclusion: Findings highlight the need for new opportunities for distinctive technical and ethical challenges in creating larger digital databases for population dynamics and how these databases may contribute to the advancement of population fields.

    Keywords: COVID-19, digitalization, Public health data, Population Dynamics, Scoping review, South Africa

    Received: 29 Nov 2024; Accepted: 24 Dec 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Akokuwebe, PhD, Palamuleni and Idemudia. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Monica Ewomazino Akokuwebe, PhD, Faculty of Humanities, North-West University, Mafikeng, South Africa

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