Digital Health for Social and Behavior Change: New technologies, new ways to reach people

Using digital technologies—such as mobile phones, computers, or tablets—to convey information and messages as part of an evidence-based multichannel social and behavior change (SBC) strategy may contribute to promoting, adopting, and maintaining healthy sexual and reproductive behavior.

This new High Impact Practices in Family Planning (HIPs) brief summarizes the current state of evidence in this rapidly changing field, discusses challenges digital applications can address, and provides tips from implementation experience.