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Tech-Enabled Transformations in Gender-Inclusive Healthcare: A Critical Interpretive Synthesis of Artificial Intelligence in India

Title
Tech-Enabled Transformations in Gender-Inclusive Healthcare: A Critical Interpretive Synthesis of Artificial Intelligence in India
Creator
David, Sonia; Sadasivan, Anupama
Description
While artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to revolutionize healthcare, it also runs the risk of exacerbating structural injustices for Indias gender-diverse communities. This critical interpretive synthesis explores the effects of AI-enabled health devices on LGBTQIA+ inclusion, drawing on intersectional feminism, queer theory, and constructivist learning. Reviewing 30 interdisciplinary studies (20102024), three themes emerge: (1) algorithmic bias: AI systems replicate gendered and caste-based exclusions through non-representative datasets and heteronormative design; (2) structural barriers: infrastructural patriarchy, limited gender-sensitive governance, and gaps in Indias AI policy; and (3) digital inequities: low digital literacy, moral conservatism, and caste hierarchies restrict access to affirming care. Research shows AI often erases or misgenders trans and nonbinary identities, causing epistemic harm. Nonetheless, inclusive innovation is possible through participatory, queer-led AI design. The study warns that without centering intersectional justice, AI in healthcare risks amplifying marginalization and epistemic violence. It recommends co-creation with LGBTQIA+ stakeholders, gender-sensitive audits, and care-centered policy reforms. Rejecting techno-solutionism, it advances a Global South, justice-focused approach that prioritizes equity, contextual awareness, and lived realities in AI healthcare design. 2026 selection and editorial matter, Syed Nisar Hussain Bukhari; individual chapters, the contributors.
Source
Artificial Intelligence for Predictive Healthcare: Towards Personalized Treatment and Disease Prevention;pp.164-183
Date
01-01-2026
Publisher
CRC Press
Coverage
David S., Department of Psychology, JAIN (Deemed to be) University, Bangalore, India; Sadasivan A., School of Psychological Sciences, CHRIST University, Bangalore, India
Rights
Restricted Access; Hardcopy may be available in the library
Relation
ISBN: 978-104058017-2; 978-100367454-2;
Format
online
Language
English
Type
Book chapter

Citation

David, Sonia; Sadasivan, Anupama, “Tech-Enabled Transformations in Gender-Inclusive Healthcare: A Critical Interpretive Synthesis of Artificial Intelligence in India,” CHRIST (Deemed To Be University) Institutional Repository, accessed June 17, 2026, https://archives.christuniversity.in/items/show/24462.

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