scholarly journals Evidence on health-promoting lifestyle practices and information and communication technologies: scoping review protocol

BMJ Open ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. e014358 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth M Joseph-Shehu ◽  
Busisiwe P Ncama
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Scoping Review ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Lifestyle Practices ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Health Promoting ◽  
Review Protocol ◽  
Health Promoting Lifestyle

scholarly journals Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) Enabling Integrated Primary Care for Complex Patients: A Protocol for a Scoping Review

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Farah Tahsin ◽  
Alana Armas ◽  
Apery Kirakalaprathapan ◽  
Heather Cunningham ◽  
Mudathira Kadu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Primary Care ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Scoping Review ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Integrated Primary Care ◽  
Multiple Chronic Conditions ◽  
Care Model ◽  
Primary Care Model ◽  
Complex Patients ◽  
Information And Communication

Abstract IntroductionAn increasing number of individuals are living with multiple chronic conditions, often combined with psychosocial complexities. For these patients with complex conditions, an integrated primary care model that provides care coordination and a team-based approach can help manage their multiple needs. Information and communication technologies (ICTs) are recognized as a critical enabler of integrated primary care. A better understanding of the use of ICTs in an integrated care setting and how ICTs are being leveraged would be beneficial to identify knowledge gaps and could lead to successful implementation for ICT-based interventions.ObjectiveThis study will systematically scope the literature on the topic of ICT-enabled integrated healthcare delivery models for patients with complex care needs to identify which technologies have been used in integrated primary care settings. MethodThis study protocol outlines a scoping review of the peer-reviewed literature, using Arksey and O’Malley’s (enhanced by Levac et al.) scoping review methodology. Peer-reviewed- literature will be identified using a multi-database search strategy. The results of the search will be screened, abstracted, and charted in duplicate by 6 research team members. DiscussionThe key findings of the study will be thematically mapped to describe the implemented ICTs aimed for complex patients within the integrated primary care model and interactions of the elements (ICT, health model, and targeted patients). This review will be the first step to formally identify how ICT is used to support integrated primary health care models. The results will be disseminated through peer-reviewed publications, conference presentations, and special interest groups.

scholarly journals Models of Sustainable Software: A Scoping Review

2022 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 551
Author(s):  
Jakub Swacha
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Scoping Review ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Software Models ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Excessive Consumption ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Primary Focus ◽  
Future Work

Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) play a double role in the strife for sustainable development goals, as both an enabler of green solutions and a cause of excessive consumption. While the primary focus of sustainability-related research is on the hardware aspect of ICT, its software aspect also deserves attention. In order for the notion of green and sustainable software to become widespread among practitioners, models are needed, both to be used as a reference on how to develop sustainable software, and to check whether given software or its development process is sustainable. In this paper, we present the results of a scoping review of literature on sustainable software models, based on 41 works extracted from an initial set of 178 query results from four bibliographic data providers. The relevant literature is mapped using five categories (model scope, purpose, covered sustainability aspects, verification or validation, and the economic category of the country of research), allowing us to identify recent trends and research gaps, which can be addressed in future work.

scholarly journals Health-Enabling Technologies to Assist Patients With Musculoskeletal Shoulder Disorders When Exercising at Home: Scoping Review (Preprint)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lena Elgert ◽  
Bianca Steiner ◽  
Birgit Saalfeld ◽  
Michael Marschollek ◽  
Klaus-Hendrik Wolf
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Scoping Review ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Microsoft Kinect ◽  
Enabling Technologies ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Shoulder Disorders ◽  
At Home

BACKGROUND Health-enabling technologies (HETs) are information and communication technologies that promote individual health and well-being. An important application of HETs is telerehabilitation for patients with musculoskeletal shoulder disorders. Currently, there is no overview of HETs that assist patients with musculoskeletal shoulder disorders when exercising at home. OBJECTIVE This scoping review provides a broad overview of HETs that assist patients with musculoskeletal shoulder disorders when exercising at home. It focuses on concepts and components of HETs, exercise program strategies, development phases, and reported outcomes. METHODS The search strategy used Medical Subject Headings and text words related to the terms <i>upper extremity</i>, <i>exercises</i>, and <i>information and communication technologies</i>. The MEDLINE, Embase, IEEE Xplore, CINAHL, PEDro, and Scopus databases were searched. Two reviewers independently screened titles and abstracts and then full texts against predefined inclusion and exclusion criteria. A systematic narrative synthesis was performed. Overall, 8988 records published between 1997 and 2019 were screened. Finally, 70 articles introducing 56 HETs were included. RESULTS Identified HETs range from simple videoconferencing systems to mobile apps with video instructions to complex sensor-based technologies. Various <i>software</i>, <i>sensor hardware</i>, and <i>hardware</i> for output are in use. The most common <i>hardware</i> for output are PC displays (in 34 HETs). Microsoft Kinect cameras in connection with related <i>software</i> are frequently used as <i>sensor hardware</i> (in 27 HETs). The identified HETs provide direct or indirect <i>instruction</i>, <i>monitoring</i>, <i>correction</i>, <i>assessment</i>, <i>information</i>, or a <i>reminder to exercise</i>. Common parameters for exercise instructions are a patient’s <i>range of motion</i> (in 43 HETs), <i>starting and final position</i> (in 32 HETs), and <i>exercise intensity</i> (in 20 HETs). In total, 48 HETs provide visual instructions for the exercises; 29 HETs report on <i>telerehabilitation</i> aspects; 34 HETs only report on prototypes; and 15 HETs are evaluated for technical feasibility, acceptance, or usability, using different assessment instruments. Efficacy or effectiveness is demonstrated for only 8 HETs. In total, 18 articles report on patients’ evaluations. An interdisciplinary contribution to the development of technologies is found in 17 HETs. CONCLUSIONS There are various HETs, ranging from simple videoconferencing systems to complex sensor-based technologies for telerehabilitation, that assist patients with musculoskeletal shoulder disorders when exercising at home. Most HETs are not ready for practical use. Comparability is complicated by varying prototype status, different measurement instruments, missing telerehabilitation aspects, and few efficacy studies. Consequently, choosing an HET for daily use is difficult for health care professionals and decision makers. Prototype testing, usability, and acceptance tests with the later target group under real-life conditions as well as efficacy or effectiveness studies with patient-relevant core outcomes for every promising HET are required. Furthermore, health care professionals and patients should be more involved in the product design cycle to consider relevant practical aspects.

scholarly journals The use of Information and Communication Technologies by sex workers to manage occupational health and safety: a scoping review. (Preprint)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Therese Bernier ◽  
Amika Shah ◽  
Lori E. Ross ◽  
Carmen Logie ◽  
Emily Seto
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Health ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Sex Work ◽  
Scoping Review ◽  
Sex Workers ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Occupational Health And Safety ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Information And Communication

BACKGROUND In many countries sex work is criminalized, driving sex work underground and leaving sex workers vulnerable to a number of occupational health and safety (OHS) risks, including violence, assault and robbery. With the advent of widely accessible information and communication technologies (ICTs), sex workers have begun to use electronic OHS tools to mitigate these risks. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to explore the use of ICTs by sex workers in managing OHS risks and strategies to reduce these risks. This paper aims to answer the following question: What is known about sex workers’ usage of information and communication technologies in the delivery of OHS strategies? METHODS A literature review following the methodological framework of Arksey et al and Levac et al was conducted to analyze studies describing the usage of ICTs by sex workers to mitigate OHS risks. Experimental, observational, and descriptive studies, as well as protocol papers, were included in this scoping review. RESULTS Of the 2477 articles initially identified, 41 met the inclusion criteria. 71% of the studies (N=29) were published between 2015 and 2019. In the studies, the Internet was the predominant ICT (58%), followed by text messaging (24%), and assorted communication technologies associated with mobile phones without Internet access (17%) (e.g., interactive voice response (IVR), voice-mail). In 56% of the studies (N=23), sex workers located in high income countries created the OHS strategies (e.g., bad date lists, violence prevention) and shared them via the Internet. In 24% of the studies (N=10), mostly in LMICs, organizations external to sex work developed and sent, via text message, OHS strategies focused on STI/HIV. In 20% (N=8) of the studies, external organizations collaborated with the sex worker community in the development and study of OHS strategies communicated via ICTs; through this collaboration, concerns other than STI/HIV (e.g., sexual and reproductive health, mental health) emerged. CONCLUSIONS While there has been an increase in studies on the use of ICTs by sex workers for managing OHS over the past five years, the knowledge around how to optimally leverage ICTs for this purpose remains scarce. Recommendations to further the use of ICTs by sex workers for OHS include (1) that external organizations collaborate with sex workers in the design of ICT interventions to mitigate OHS risks, (2) to examine whether ICTs used in LMICs would have applications in high income countries as a substitute to the Internet in sharing OHS strategies, and (3) to explore the creation of innovative secure online communities using existing or alternative digital technologies that could be used by sex workers to manage their occupational health and safety

Whatsapp Messenger as a Mobile Media to Learn Writing for EFL Students

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 156-165 ◽  
Author(s):  
Linda Linda ◽  
Ida Ri'aeni
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
First Grade ◽  
English Department ◽  
Instructional Media ◽  
Mobile Media ◽  
Efl Writing ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Efl Students

Abstract   The objective of this research is to find out the use of Whatsapp Messenger as a mobile media to learn writing in EFL classes.Several researchers have attempted to prove applicability of mobile learning as modern ways of teaching and learning (Naismith, 2004:115). Moreover, applying portable technologies have been demanded by most of the modern learners who oftentimes are forced to study anywhere, and anytime, for example, at work, in the bus or at weekends (Evans, 2008:115).The research was motivated by the students’ difficulties in writing. The sample of this research was three classes of first grade students of English Department of Unswagati. The instrument of this research was questionnaire sheet. Data from questionnaire sheet was analyzed based on the frequency students’ answers and then was calculated and interpreted into percentages. The result shows WhatsApp Messenger attracts the students interest and also the students have positive responses towards the using ofWhatsAppMessenger. In applying WhatsApp group, the writer concluded that, learning using WhatsApp group has effective to develop their creativity in writing skill. On the other hand, the result from the questionnaire sheet indicated that almost of students is active in learning to writing recount text. Students can learn out of the classroom. Beside WhatsApp can be used privately, it can be used for students’ education. The students can use their gadget positively for their ability in learning English. The students can improve their knowledge in learning ICTs (Information and Communication Technologies). Keyword: WhatsApp Messenger,EFL writing, Instructional Media, ICTs (Information and Communication Technologies).

Technologies Disability and Inclusion

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tomas Brusell
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Augmented Reality ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Future Development ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Modern Technology ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Disabled ◽  
Information And Communication

When modern technology permeates every corner of life, there are ignited more and more hopes among the disabled to be compensated for the loss of mobility and participation in normal life, and with Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), Exoskeleton Technologies and truly hands free technologies (HMI), it's possible for the disabled to be included in the social and pedagogic spheres, especially via computers and smartphones with social media apps and digital instruments for Augmented Reality (AR) .In this paper a nouvel HMI technology is presented with relevance for the inclusion of disabled in every day life with specific focus on the future development of &quot;smart cities&quot; and &quot;smart homes&quot;.

ROLE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY (ICT) IN AGRICULTURE FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT

2017 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-8
Author(s):  
R. P. BAIN ◽  
D. P. RAI ◽  
SIDDARTH NAYAK
Keyword(s):  
Rural Development ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Information And Communication Technology ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Sustainable Society ◽  
Indian Agriculture ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Role Of Information

If we want to convert our rural population into knowledge driven, progressive, self sufficient, self reliant, sustainable society, the role of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT’s) cannot be ignored. Timely availability information is considered as most important factor in Indian agriculture. At present ICT is the technology of this millennium. Transferring the developed technology to all end users is time-consuming and tiresome task and is often not completed due to paucity of resources and lack of manpower. In India, agriculture and rural development has gained significantly from ICT due to its widespread extension and adoption. In this era of internet, ICT is committed to provide real, timely accurate authentic information to the farmers and rural peoples.

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