Ehealth Communication

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gary L. Kreps
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Health Promotion ◽  
Health Education ◽  
Health Communication ◽  
Health Information ◽  
Mobile Health ◽  
Delivery Of Health Care ◽  
Communication Channels ◽  
Care Providers

Ehealth, also known as E-health, is a relatively new area of health communication inquiry that examines the development, implementation, and application of a broad range of evolving health information technologies (HITs) in modern society to disseminate health information, deliver health care, and promote public health. Ehealth applications include (a) the widespread development of specialized health information websites (often hosted by government agencies, health care systems, corporations, professional societies, health advocacy organizations, and other for-profit and nonprofit organizations); (b) the widespread use of electronic health record (EHR) systems designed to preserve and disseminate health information for health care providers, administrators, and consumers; (c) an array of mobile health education and support applications that have often been developed for use with smartphones; (d) mobile health behavior monitoring, tracking, and alerting equipment (such as wearable devices and systems imbedded in vehicles, clothing, and sporting equipment); (e) interactive telemedicine systems for collecting health data and delivering health care services remotely; (f) interactive adaptive tailored health information systems to support health education, motivate health behaviors, and to inform health decision making; (g) online social support groups for health care consumers, caregivers, and providers; (h) health promotion focused digital games to engage consumers in health education and train both providers and consumers about health promoting procedures; (i) dedicated computer portals that can deliver a variety of digital health information tools and functions to consumers, caregivers, and providers; and (j) interactive and adaptive virtual human agent systems that can gather and provide relevant health information, virtual reality programs that can simulate health environments for training and therapeutic purposes, and an ever-increasing number of digital applications (apps) for addressing a range of health conditions and activities. As information technology evolves, new ehealth applications and programs are being developed and introduced to provide a wide range of powerful ehealth systems to assist with health care and health promotion. Ehealth technologies have been found by many researchers, practitioners, and consumers to hold tremendous promise for enhancing the delivery of health care and promotion of health, ultimately improving health outcomes. Many popularly adopted ehealth applications (such as health websites, health care portals, decision support systems, and wearable health information devices) are transforming the modern health care system by supplementing and extending traditional channels for health communication. The use of new ehealth applications enables the broad dissemination of relevant health information that can be personalized to the unique communication orientations, backgrounds, and information needs of individuals. New ehealth communication channels can provide health care consumers and providers with the relevant health information that they need to make informed health care decisions. These ehealth communication channels can provide this information to people exactly when and where they need it, which is especially important for addressing fast-moving and dangerous health threats. Yet, with all the promise of ehealth communication, there is still a tremendous amount of work to be done to make the wide array of new ehealth applications as useful as possible for promoting health with different audiences. This article describes the current state of knowledge about the development and use of HITs, as well as about strategies for improving ehealth communication applications to enhance the delivery of health care and the promotion of public health.

The public’s trust and information brokers in health care, public health and research

2019 ◽  
Vol 33 (7/8) ◽  
pp. 929-948 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jodyn Platt ◽  
Minakshi Raj ◽  
Sharon L.R. Kardia
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Health System ◽  
Information Sharing ◽  
Health Information ◽  
Health Care Providers ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Public ◽  
Information Brokers

Purpose Nations such as the USA are investing in technologies such as electronic health records in order to collect, store and transfer information across boundaries of health care, public health and research. Health information brokers such as health care providers, public health departments and university researchers function as “access points” to manage relationships between the public and the health system. The relationship between the public and health information brokers is influenced by trust; and this relationship may predict the trust that the public has in the health system as a whole, which has implications for public trust in the system, and consequently, legitimacy of involved institutions, under circumstances of health information data sharing in the future. This paper aims to discuss these issues. Design/methodology/approach In this study, the authors aimed to examine characteristics of trustors (i.e. the public) that predict trust in health information brokers; and further, to identify the factors that influence trust in brokers that also predict system trust. The authors developed a survey that was administered to US respondents in 2014 using GfK’s nationally representative sample, with a final sample of 1,011 participants and conducted ordinary least squares regression for data analyses. Findings Results suggest that health care providers are the most trusted information brokers of those examined. Beliefs about medical deceptive behavior were negatively associated with trust in each of the information brokers examined; however, psychosocial factors were significantly associated with trust in brokers, suggesting that individual attitudes and beliefs are influential on trust in brokers. Positive views of information sharing and the expectation of benefits of information sharing for health outcomes and health care quality are associated with system trust. Originality/value This study suggests that demonstrating the benefits and value of information sharing could be beneficial for building public trust in the health system; however, trust in brokers of information are variable across the public; that is, knowledge, attitudes and beliefs are associated with the level of trust different individuals have in various health information brokers – suggesting that the need for a personalized approach to building trust.

scholarly journals A Needs Assessment of Latino Men’s Health Concerns

2008 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 22-32 ◽  
Author(s):  
Terry Peak ◽  
Julie Gast ◽  
Denice Ahlstrom
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Education ◽  
Health Information ◽  
Health Care Providers ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Latino Men ◽  
Health Concerns ◽  
Traditional Health ◽  
The Impact

Historically, Latino men are an understudied group. Researchers know little about the impact of culture or gender on health concerns. In this study, focus groups with Latino men were held that investigated their health concerns, barriers, motivators, and access to health information and health services. Additionally, the researchers wished to determine if a church-based design might help reach men who might not be responsive to more traditional health education or public health routes. Results included that the Latino male participants in this study wanted health information but wanted it to be more specific and in an accessible format. They also desired more Spanish-speaking health care providers and were acutely interested in low-cost health care. Prevention was not of much interest to these participants. Church-attending participants were interested in church-based health education.

Inequalities in Health: What Health Systems Can and Cannot Do

1996 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 179-182 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peggy Foster
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Health Promotion ◽  
Health Status ◽  
Health Care Providers ◽  
Health Examination ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Inequalities In Health ◽  
Department Of Health ◽  
The Uk

Health promotion activities are actively encouraged in most countries, including the UK. Meanwhile many health care providers and health experts are becoming increasingly concerned about the growing evidence of significant health inequalities between social groups in the UK, and in particular the strong association between relative deprivation and poor health. In 1995, a report for the British government entitled ‘Variations in health: What can the Department of Health and the NHS do?’, identified the need for the Department of Health and the NHS to play a key role in coordinating and implementing public health programmes intended to reduce inequalities in health. Examination of existing evidence on the effectiveness of health promotion and prevention programmes designed to improve the health status of the most vulnerable groups in society reveals very little evidence to support current enthusiasm for adopting public health strategies in order to reduce variations in health status between the affluent and the poor. Alternative and potentially more effective health care responses to inequalities in health status need to be considered.

scholarly journals Health Education Serious Games Targeting Health Care Providers, Patients, and Public Health Users: Scoping Review (Preprint)

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nahid Sharifzadeh ◽  
Hadi Kharrazi ◽  
Elham Nazari ◽  
Hamed Tabesh ◽  
Maryam Edalati Khodabandeh ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Health Education ◽  
Health Care Providers ◽  
Scoping Review ◽  
Serious Games ◽  
Educational Games ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Serious Educational Games

BACKGROUND Serious educational games have shown effectiveness in improving various health outcomes. Previous reviews of health education games have focused on specific diseases, certain medical subjects, fixed target groups, or limited outcomes of interest. Given the recent surge in health game studies, a scoping review of health education games is needed to provide an updated overview of various aspects of such serious games. OBJECTIVE This study aimed to conduct a scoping review of the design and evaluation of serious educational games for health targeting health care providers, patients, and public (health) users. METHODS We identified 2313 studies using a unique combination of keywords in the PubMed and ScienceDirect databases. A total of 161 studies were included in this review after removing duplicates (n=55) and excluding studies not meeting our inclusion criteria (1917 based on title and abstract and 180 after reviewing the full text). The results were stratified based on games targeting health care providers, patients, and public users. RESULTS Most health education games were developed and evaluated in America (82/161, 50.9%) and Europe (64/161, 39.8%), with a considerable number of studies published after 2012. We discovered 58.4% (94/161) of studies aiming to improve knowledge learning and 41.6% (67/161) to enhance skill development. The studies targeted various categories of end users: health care providers (42/161, 26.1%), patients (38/161, 23.6%), public users (75/161, 46.6%), and a mix of users (6/161, 3.7%). Among games targeting patients, only 13% (6/44) targeted a specific disease, whereas a growing majority targeted lifestyle behaviors, social interactions, cognition, and generic health issues (eg, safety and nutrition). Among 101 studies reporting gameplay specifications, the most common gameplay duration was 30 to 45 min. Of the 61 studies reporting game repetition, only 14% (9/61) of the games allowed the users to play the game with unlimited repetitions. From 32 studies that measured follow-up duration after the game intervention, only 1 study reported a 2-year postintervention follow-up. More than 57.7% (93/161) of the games did not have a multidisciplinary team to design, develop, or assess the game. CONCLUSIONS Serious games are increasingly used for health education targeting a variety of end users. This study offers an updated scoping review of the studies assessing the value of serious games in improving health education. The results showed a promising trend in diversifying the application of health education games that go beyond a specific medical condition. However, our findings indicate the need for health education game development and adoption in developing countries and the need to focus on multidisciplinary teamwork in designing effective health education games. Furthermore, future health games should expand the duration and repetition of games and increase the length of the follow-up assessments to provide evidence on long-term effectiveness.

Media and Health Communication Campaigns

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-15
Author(s):  
Tuba Işık
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Promotion ◽  
Health Communication ◽  
Health Risks ◽  
Communication Channels ◽  
The Public ◽  
Health Promotion Programs ◽  
The Media ◽  
Communication Campaigns ◽  
Health Communication Campaigns

Health communication campaigns are a significant attempt that makes people aware of health risks and aims to inform the public about numerous issues that threaten public health. Media is the totality of communication channels and tools used to collect, store, and convey information or data to the public. Also, the media shape the behavior of the public through advertising and entertainment in the way it uses language and images. Within this framework, media is arguably one of the most utilized and efficient tools in terms of spreading public health messages and endorsing disease prevention. As its name would suggest, health communication campaigns are a vital part of the health promotion programs and strategies. In this sense, the media have many benefits for developing great health communication campaigns. Briefly, the purpose of this chapter is to discuss the use of media in health communication campaigns and campaign processes.

scholarly journals Use of a video-based assessment to build authentic public health skills

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (Supplement_5) ◽  
Author(s):  
A Bhatti
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Promotion ◽  
Student Engagement ◽  
Health Education ◽  
Health Communication ◽  
Core Competencies ◽  
Public Health Education ◽  
Health Messages ◽  
Post Graduate ◽  
Public Health Messages

Abstract Background Public health education should have strong connections to applied public health practice. Health communication, including an ability to interpret and transmit knowledge, are core competencies for public health graduates. These skills have traditionally been assessed via standard oral presentations. A diversity of tasks can increase student engagement and motivation about assessments. The use of video-based assessments is a relatively new assessment format in post-graduate education. An authentic task was created where post-graduate public health students at Macquarie University, Australia collaborated in groups to create an advocacy campaign video as part of an assessment. These videos were shown at a short film event and students additionally reflected on their experience. Objective Can use of a student-produced health promotion video as a team-based assessment task lead to development of: competency in delivering public health communication; technical skills in videography; skills in team engagement and foster deep reflective thought? Results On average student grades were higher in the video task than other unit tasks, demonstrating students' competency in delivering public health messages. Unit reflections across three years revealed student benefits included: task enjoyment; feelings of achievement; opportunities to apply learning and new teamwork and videography skills. Unit evaluations found 96% of students reported an increased understanding of advocacy and health promotion and 87% reported the reflective task further consolidated learning. Unit convenor reflections include enhanced student engagement due to novelty, more scope for original presentation of work and similar convening efforts compared to traditional presentations. Conclusions This simple innovative video assessment is a practical and authentic way of teaching graduate public health students how to communicate public health messages and could be replicated in other courses. Key messages A student-produced video advocacy campaign assessment can offer student engagement and authentic learning in graduate public health education. Implementation of this convenient video-based assessment could be adapted in other courses in public health education.

scholarly journals Health Education Serious Games Targeting Health Care Providers, Patients, and Public Health Users: Scoping Review

10.2196/13459 ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. e13459 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nahid Sharifzadeh ◽  
Hadi Kharrazi ◽  
Elham Nazari ◽  
Hamed Tabesh ◽  
Maryam Edalati Khodabandeh ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Health Education ◽  
Health Care Providers ◽  
Scoping Review ◽  
Serious Games ◽  
Educational Games ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Serious Educational Games

Background Serious educational games have shown effectiveness in improving various health outcomes. Previous reviews of health education games have focused on specific diseases, certain medical subjects, fixed target groups, or limited outcomes of interest. Given the recent surge in health game studies, a scoping review of health education games is needed to provide an updated overview of various aspects of such serious games. Objective This study aimed to conduct a scoping review of the design and evaluation of serious educational games for health targeting health care providers, patients, and public (health) users. Methods We identified 2313 studies using a unique combination of keywords in the PubMed and ScienceDirect databases. A total of 161 studies were included in this review after removing duplicates (n=55) and excluding studies not meeting our inclusion criteria (1917 based on title and abstract and 180 after reviewing the full text). The results were stratified based on games targeting health care providers, patients, and public users. Results Most health education games were developed and evaluated in America (82/161, 50.9%) and Europe (64/161, 39.8%), with a considerable number of studies published after 2012. We discovered 58.4% (94/161) of studies aiming to improve knowledge learning and 41.6% (67/161) to enhance skill development. The studies targeted various categories of end users: health care providers (42/161, 26.1%), patients (38/161, 23.6%), public users (75/161, 46.6%), and a mix of users (6/161, 3.7%). Among games targeting patients, only 13% (6/44) targeted a specific disease, whereas a growing majority targeted lifestyle behaviors, social interactions, cognition, and generic health issues (eg, safety and nutrition). Among 101 studies reporting gameplay specifications, the most common gameplay duration was 30 to 45 min. Of the 61 studies reporting game repetition, only 14% (9/61) of the games allowed the users to play the game with unlimited repetitions. From 32 studies that measured follow-up duration after the game intervention, only 1 study reported a 2-year postintervention follow-up. More than 57.7% (93/161) of the games did not have a multidisciplinary team to design, develop, or assess the game. Conclusions Serious games are increasingly used for health education targeting a variety of end users. This study offers an updated scoping review of the studies assessing the value of serious games in improving health education. The results showed a promising trend in diversifying the application of health education games that go beyond a specific medical condition. However, our findings indicate the need for health education game development and adoption in developing countries and the need to focus on multidisciplinary teamwork in designing effective health education games. Furthermore, future health games should expand the duration and repetition of games and increase the length of the follow-up assessments to provide evidence on long-term effectiveness.

scholarly journals A review of Internet-based approaches for health promotion programs related to the COVID-19 pandemic and wellness education

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 56
Author(s):  
Carissa Wityadarda ◽  
Gusti Ayu Sinta Deasy Andani ◽  
Rina Rostarina
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Promotion ◽  
Health Information ◽  
Health Care Providers ◽  
Community Education ◽  
Internet Access ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Lack Of Information ◽  
Health Promotion Programs ◽  
Wellness Education

COVID-19 pandemic continues to have significant impacts in various sectors of society worldwide, including Indonesia. One major impact of COVID-19 occurs in the health information sector especially with social distancing regulations that inhibit people to access health care providers. This has led to several other problems such as behavior alteration involving unhealthy lifestyles and misleading information. Due to the limitations of social interaction, health care providers have proposed various methods to provide health promotions related to COVID-19 and wellness education that are accessible by the whole society with or without Internet access. This study aimed to review the current strategies of health information systems to increase knowledge about COVID-19 and overall wellness by the implementation of Internet-based programs. This review is based on a secondary study conducted with online search engines. Some previous studies showed that online training has improved knowledge significantly. Other research also described how the success of a community education program depends on adequate motivation and access to proper information. Three main factors that cause the failure of community education are lack of self-efficacy, lack of information, and distraction without proper supervision. Lack of information is due to the difficulty to gain Internet access in some areas and for some populations. In conclusion, Internet-based approaches can be implemented for health promotion programs related to COVID-19 and wellness due to the massive growth of Internet use in Indonesia.

scholarly journals Establishing Partnerships To Provide Health Education In Appalachian Schools: An Approach To Service Learning

2014 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 103-108
Author(s):  
Lisa Kauffman-Craig ◽  
Charlotte McManus ◽  
Vicky K. Parker
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Promotion ◽  
Health Education ◽  
Service Learning ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Nursing Program ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Health Fairs ◽  
Service Learning Projects ◽  
Learning Projects

Service learning is a form of collaboration between an educational facility and a community agency. The concept of service learning is an innovative teaching method designed to benefit both collaborating partners through respect of each other’s knowledge, expertise and skills. Needs and goals of both partners are met through many different types of service learning projects. Examples of such projects in which the OUC nursing program has participated include health fairs in the middle and high school populations, health education in elementary classrooms, health fairs in local industry, and working with the elderly in the community. The Ohio University-Chillicothe Nursing Program, located in a section of Ohio know as Appalachia, believes in the concept of service learning to promote health and well-being in the community. Health care in the Appalachian area, particularly health promotion and disease prevention, is a challenge to health care providers as residents in this area have a fatalistic view of health - “what will be, will be”. Service learning projects are an excellent way to provide health promotion education to those who may not seek this out on their own. The collaborations formed between agencies and the nursing program benefit both partners. The nursing students are exposed to the health care beliefs and need of Appalachia on a first-hand basis through an innovative approach in clinical education. Community agencies benefit by being able to expand the amount of health education they can offer which increases their manpower with use of the students. 

Strengthening of occupational health promotion by the German Prevention Health Care Act

2019 ◽  
pp. 188-190
Author(s):  
Diana Hart
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Health Promotion ◽  
Primary Prevention ◽  
Occupational Health ◽  
Life Expectancy ◽  
Prevention And Control ◽  
Occupational Health Promotion ◽  
And Control

All countries are faced with the problem of the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases (NCD): implement prevention strategies eff ectively, keep up the momentum with long term benefi ts at the individual and the population level, at the same time tackling hea lth inequalities. Th e aff ordability of therapy and care including innovative therapies is going to be one of the key public health priorities in the years to come. Germany has taken in the prevention and control of NCDs. Germany’s health system has a long history of guaranteeing access to high-quality treatment through universal health care coverage. Th r ough their membership people are entitled to prevention and care services maintaining and restoring their health as well as long term follow-up. Like in many other countries general life expectancy has been increasing steadily in Germany. Currently, the average life expectancy is 83 and 79 years in women and men, respectively. Th e other side of the coin is that population aging is strongly associated with a growing burden of disease from NCDs. Already over 70 percent of all deaths in Germany are caused by four disease entities: cardiovascular disease, cancer, chronic respiratory disease and diabetes. Th ese diseases all share four common risk factors: smoking, alcohol abuse, lack of physical activity and overweight. At the same time, more and more people become long term survivors of disease due to improved therapy and care. Th e German Government and public health decision makers are aware of the need for action and have responded by initiating and implementing a wide spectrum of activities. One instrument by strengthening primary prevention is the Prevention Health Care Act. Its overarching aim is to prevent NCDs before they can manifest themselves by strengthening primary prevention and health promotion in diff erent sett ings. One of the main emphasis of the Prevention Health Care Act is the occupational health promotion at the workplace.

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