scholarly journals Barriers and opportunities in the translation of mobile phone and social media interventions between research and health promotion practice in Australia: a qualitative study of expert perspectives

2019 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Cassandra J. C. Wright ◽  
Joanna Schwarzman ◽  
Paul M. Dietze ◽  
Belinda Crockett ◽  
Megan S. C. Lim
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Health Promotion ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Mobile Phone ◽  
Barriers And Opportunities ◽  
Health Promotion Practice ◽  
Media Interventions

scholarly journals Oral health academics’ conceptualisation of health promotion and perceived barriers and opportunities in dental practice: a qualitative study.

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stacey Bracksley-O'Grady ◽  
Karen Anderson ◽  
Mohd Masood
Keyword(s):  
Health Promotion ◽  
Oral Health ◽  
Health Education ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Nominal Group ◽  
Dental Practice ◽  
Oral Diseases ◽  
Barriers And Opportunities ◽  
Health Promotion Practice ◽  
Dental Professionals

Abstract Oral diseases, place a significant burden on individual and population health. These diseases are largely preventable; health promotion initiatives have been shown to decrease the disease rates. However, there is limited implementation of health promotion in dentistry, this could be due to a number of factors; the ethos and philosophy of dentistry is focused on a curative, individualised approach to oral diseases, confusion around health promotion as a concept. Oral health academics are well placed to implement health promotion, training of these professionals needs to include prevention, as training influences dental practice. However, there is a little understanding about how oral health academics (dental professionals who educate dental and oral health students) view health promotion. The aim of this study is to understand how oral health academics conceptualise health promotion and perceive the barriers and possible opportunities for health promotion implementation in dental practice. Methods: Nominal group technique (NGT), a highly structured face-to-face meeting, was conducted with 24 oral health academics to explore how they conceptualize health promotion and the barriers and opportunities for health promotion in practice. An additional 4 questions were emailed to oral health educators after the NGT meeting to gather additional data, 6 oral health academics were involved. The data was analyzed using thematic analysis. Results: Four board themes were identified: “health education”; “structure of dental practice”; “work in progress”; “collaboration”. The oral health academics in this study discussed health promotion in a holistic way, however, health education and behaviour change were mentioned more than other aspects of health promotion. The structure of dental practice specifically the curative approach that underpins dentistry and the lack of funding, and value placed on health promotion could act as a barrier to health promotion being implemented in practice. There has been a shift towards prevention in dentistry, however the participants acknowledge there needs to be a change in the curative culture of the profession. Collaboration with other health professionals and using a common risk factor approach were the identified opportunities for health promotion practice. Conclusions: Oral health academics have a holistic understanding of health promotion, but still focus more on behavioural approaches which is common within dentistry. For a change to occur in health promotion practice a change in the structure, curative approach and funding model of dentistry is required. Collaboration with other health professionals is an opportunity to be capitalised on. Training of future dental professionals is the perfect place to start to implement the changes and opportunities for health promotion presented in this paper.

Improving Health Promotion Through the Integration of Technology, Crowdsourcing, and Social Media

2018 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 228-237 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric J. Conrad ◽  
Mikaela Becker ◽  
Brent Powell ◽  
Kelly Corrine Hall
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Health Promotion ◽  
Information Exchange ◽  
Intervention Development ◽  
Internet Communication ◽  
Integration Of Technology ◽  
Media And Technology ◽  
Relief Efforts ◽  
Health Promotion Practice

As Internet accessibility and technological innovations continue to increase communication, new opportunities have emerged to leverage these tools to improve health promotion practice. Advances and utilization of collaborative Internet communication, or social media, have provided global connectivity on an unprecedented scale. Using these innovations to leverage the collective intellect of online communities for specific goals, crowdsourcing is an approach that has the potential to solve complex public health problems. Due to the novelty of crowdsourcing implementations and the relative infancy of its application within public health, it is necessary to examine examples to facilitate practitioner conceptualization and application. This article details the development and application of a crowdsourced effort leveraging social media and technology to assist in relief efforts during Hurricane Harvey. Furthermore, the article presents examples corresponding to a typology of crowdsourcing for public health, including Knowledge Discovery and Management, Distributed Human Intelligence Tasking, Broadcast Search, and Peer-Vetted Creative Production problems. Leveraging these innovative applications has positive implications for health promotion practice, including improved intervention development and evaluation, increased multidisciplinary collaboration, and enhanced facilitation of communication, information exchange, and support.

scholarly journals Behavior Change Techniques Included in Reports of Social Media Interventions for Promoting Health Behaviors in Adults: Content Analysis Within a Systematic Review

10.2196/16002 ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (6) ◽  
pp. e16002 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rosiane Simeon ◽  
Omar Dewidar ◽  
Jessica Trawin ◽  
Stephanie Duench ◽  
Heather Manson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Health Promotion ◽  
Health Behavior ◽  
Behavior Change ◽  
Health Behavior Change ◽  
Behavior Change Techniques ◽  
Coding Manual ◽  
Credible Source ◽  
Media Interventions

Background Social media are an increasingly commonly used platform for delivering health promotion interventions. Although recent research has focused on the effectiveness of social media interventions for health promotion, very little is known about the optimal content within such interventions, and the active ingredients to promote health behavior change using social media are not clear. Identifying which behavior change techniques (BCTs) are reported may help to clarify the content of interventions using a generalizable terminology that may facilitate future intervention development. Objective This study aimed to identify which BCTs are reported in social media interventions for promoting health behavior change in adults. Methods We included 71 studies conducted with adult participants (aged ≥18 years) and for which social media intervention was considered interactive in a Cochrane review of the effectiveness of such interventions. We developed a coding manual informed by the Behavior Change Technique Taxonomy version 1 (BCTTv1) to identify BCTs in the included studies. We identified BCTs in all study arms (including control) and described BCTs in the group and self-directed components of studies. We characterized the dose of delivery for each BCT by low and high intensity. We used descriptive analyses to characterize the reported BCTs. Results Our data consisted of 71 studies published from 2001 to 2017, mainly conducted in high-income countries (n=65). Most studies (n=31) used tailored, interactive websites to deliver the intervention; Facebook was the most used mainstream platform. In developing our coding manual, we adapted some BCTTv1 instructions to better capture unique nuances of how BCTs were operationalized in social media with respect to likes, retweets, smiles, congratulations, and badges. Social support (unspecified), instruction on how to perform the behavior, and credible source were most frequently identified BCTs in intervention arms of studies and group-delivery settings, whereas instruction on how to perform the behavior was most commonly applied in self-directed components of studies, control arms, and individual participant settings. Instruction on how to perform the behavior was also the most frequently reported BCT in both intervention and control arms simultaneously. Instruction on how to perform the behavior, social support (unspecified), self-monitoring of behavior, information about health consequences, and credible source were identified in the top 5 BCTs delivered with the highest intensity. Conclusions This study within a review provides a detailed description of the BCTs and their dose to promote behavior change in web-based, interactive social media interventions. Clarifying active ingredients in social media interventions and the intensity of their delivery may help to develop future interventions that can more clearly build upon the existing evidence.

scholarly journals Behavior Change Techniques Included in Reports of Social Media Interventions for Promoting Health Behaviors in Adults: Content Analysis Within a Systematic Review (Preprint)

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rosiane Simeon ◽  
Omar Dewidar ◽  
Jessica Trawin ◽  
Stephanie Duench ◽  
Heather Manson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Health Promotion ◽  
Health Behavior ◽  
Behavior Change ◽  
Health Behavior Change ◽  
Behavior Change Techniques ◽  
Coding Manual ◽  
Credible Source ◽  
Media Interventions

BACKGROUND Social media are an increasingly commonly used platform for delivering health promotion interventions. Although recent research has focused on the effectiveness of social media interventions for health promotion, very little is known about the optimal content within such interventions, and the active ingredients to promote health behavior change using social media are not clear. Identifying which behavior change techniques (BCTs) are reported may help to clarify the content of interventions using a generalizable terminology that may facilitate future intervention development. OBJECTIVE This study aimed to identify which BCTs are reported in social media interventions for promoting health behavior change in adults. METHODS We included 71 studies conducted with adult participants (aged ≥18 years) and for which social media intervention was considered interactive in a Cochrane review of the effectiveness of such interventions. We developed a coding manual informed by the Behavior Change Technique Taxonomy version 1 (BCTTv1) to identify BCTs in the included studies. We identified BCTs in all study arms (including control) and described BCTs in the group and self-directed components of studies. We characterized the dose of delivery for each BCT by low and high intensity. We used descriptive analyses to characterize the reported BCTs. RESULTS Our data consisted of 71 studies published from 2001 to 2017, mainly conducted in high-income countries (n=65). Most studies (n=31) used tailored, interactive websites to deliver the intervention; Facebook was the most used mainstream platform. In developing our coding manual, we adapted some BCTTv1 instructions to better capture unique nuances of how BCTs were operationalized in social media with respect to likes, retweets, smiles, congratulations, and badges. Social support (unspecified), instruction on how to perform the behavior, and credible source were most frequently identified BCTs in intervention arms of studies and group-delivery settings, whereas instruction on how to perform the behavior was most commonly applied in self-directed components of studies, control arms, and individual participant settings. Instruction on how to perform the behavior was also the most frequently reported BCT in both intervention and control arms simultaneously. Instruction on how to perform the behavior, social support (unspecified), self-monitoring of behavior, information about health consequences, and credible source were identified in the top 5 BCTs delivered with the highest intensity. CONCLUSIONS This study within a review provides a detailed description of the BCTs and their dose to promote behavior change in web-based, interactive social media interventions. Clarifying active ingredients in social media interventions and the intensity of their delivery may help to develop future interventions that can more clearly build upon the existing evidence.

scholarly journals Oral health academics’ conceptualisation of health promotion and perceived barriers and opportunities in dental practice: a qualitative study

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Stacey Bracksley-O’Grady ◽  
Karen Anderson ◽  
Mohd Masood
Keyword(s):  
Health Promotion ◽  
Oral Health ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Nominal Group ◽  
Dental Practice ◽  
Oral Diseases ◽  
Holistic Understanding ◽  
Barriers And Opportunities ◽  
Health Promotion Practice ◽  
Dental Professionals

Abstract Background Oral diseases place a significant burden on individual and population health. These diseases are largely preventable; health promotion initiatives have been shown to decrease the disease rates. However, there is limited implementation of health promotion in dentistry, this could be due to a number of factors; the ethos and philosophy of dentistry is focused on a curative, individualised approach to oral diseases, confusion around health promotion as a concept. Oral health academics are well placed to implement health promotion, training of these professionals needs to include prevention, as training influences dental practice. However, there is a little understanding about how oral health academics (dental professionals who educate dental and oral health students) view health promotion. The aim of this exploratory study is to understand how oral health academics conceptualise health promotion and perceive the barriers and possible opportunities for health promotion implementation in dental practice. Methods Nominal group technique (NGT), a highly structured face-to-face meeting, was conducted with 24 oral health academics to explore how they conceptualize health promotion and the barriers and opportunities for health promotion in practice. An additional 4 questions were emailed to oral health educators after the NGT meeting to gather additional data, 6 oral health academics were involved. The data was analyzed using thematic analysis. Results Three board themes were identified: “Knowledge, ideas and concepts of health promotion”, “Challenges to health promotion”, “Opportunities for health promotion practice”. The oral health academics in this study discussed health promotion in a holistic way, however, health education and behaviour change were mentioned more than other aspects of health promotion. The structure of dental practice specifically the curative approach that underpins dentistry and the lack of funding, and value placed on health promotion could act as a challenge to health promotion being implemented in practice. There has been a shift towards prevention in dentistry, however the participants acknowledge there needs to be a change in the curative culture of the profession. Collaboration with other health professionals and using a common risk factor approach were the identified opportunities for health promotion practice. Conclusions Oral health academics have a holistic understanding of health promotion, but still focus more on behavioural approaches which is common within dentistry. For a change to occur in health promotion practice a change in the structure, curative approach and funding model of dentistry is required. Collaboration with other health professionals is an opportunity to be capitalised on. Training of future dental professionals is the perfect place to start to implement the changes and opportunities for health promotion presented in this paper.

scholarly journals How oral health educators conceptualise health promotion: a qualitative study.

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stacey Bracksley-O'Grady ◽  
Karen Anderson ◽  
Mohd Masood
Keyword(s):  
Health Promotion ◽  
Oral Health ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Nominal Group Technique ◽  
Nominal Group ◽  
Health Educators ◽  
Oral Diseases ◽  
Barriers And Opportunities ◽  
Health Promotion Practice ◽  
Dental Professionals

Abstract Background: Dental diseases, dental caries and periodontal disease, place a significant burden on individual and population health level. These diseases are largely preventable; health promotion initiatives have been shown to decrease the disease rates. However, there is limited implementation of health promotion in dentistry, this could be due to a number of factors, the ethos and philosophy of dentistry is focused on a curative, individualised approach to oral diseases, there is confusion around health promotion as a concept. However, dental professionals are well placed to implement health promotion, but there is a lack of understanding about the training and what dental professionals understand about health promotion.The aim was to explore conceptualization of health promotion among oral health educators and identifying the barriers and opportunities for health promotion in practiceMethods: Nominal group technique (NGT), a highly structured face-to-face meeting, was conducted with 24 oral health educators to explore how they conceptualize health promotion and the barriers and opportunities for health promotion in practice. An additional 4 questions were emailed to oral health educators after the NGT to gather additional data, 6 oral health educators were involved. The data was analyzed using thematic analysis.Results: The oral health educators in this study discussed health promotion in a holistic way, however, health education and behaviour change were mentioned more than other aspects of health promotion. Collaboration with other health professionals and getting involved in already existing health promotion programs were the identified opportunities for health promotion practice. However, the barriers of health promotion practice were identified as the curative approach that underpins dentistry and the lack of funding, time and value placed on health promotion.Conclusions: This study moves beyond a problem describing to problem solving in this space. Collaboration with other health professionals is an opportunity to be capitalised on. However, to see the biggest improvement in health promotion the curative, individualised approach to dentistry needs to be challenged.

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