Bundesgesundheitsblatt Gesundheitsforschung Gesundheitsschutz
March 2024
Background: Professionals, especially in the field of digital public health (DiPH), are crucial for a successful digital transformation in social and health care. However, it is still unclear to what extent academic professionals are taught DiPH-related content in their public health (PH) studies.
Methods: This study used a systematic module handbook analysis to analyze accredited full-time PH-oriented degree programs at public colleges and universities in Germany for DiPH-related module content.
Background: Telerehabilitation offers patients alternative access to therapy and has become more prominent during the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite the increasing attractiveness of such programs, there are research gaps regarding the required competencies in the demand-oriented technology use in rehabilitative care.
Objective: The study aims at collecting evidence on competencies required by patients and health professionals for using telerehabilitation.
Bundesgesundheitsblatt Gesundheitsforschung Gesundheitsschutz
March 2023
Background: Digital technologies show a high potential for health promotion and prevention, but an analysis throughout the planning, implementation, and evaluation phases of setting-based health promotion has not yet taken place. It also remains unclear to what extent digital technologies promote participation, partnerships, empowerment, and equity in settings.
Purpose: This study is aimed at exploring future trends and possible uses of technologies throughout the phases of setting-based health promotion over the next 5 years.
Brown and Isaacs' World Café is a participatory research method to make connections to the ideas of others. During the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic and the corresponding contact restrictions, only digital hostings of World Cafés were possible. This article aims to present and reflect on the potentials and challenges of hosting online World Cafés and to derive recommendations for other researchers.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground And Objectives: In health promotion and prevention, digital applications, especially for behavioral changes, are being increasingly researched and applied. The aim of this study was to investigate possible uses of digital applications in the context of structurally oriented interventions in these settings.
Methods: This is a supplementary analysis of the results of a scoping review.
J Med Internet Res
January 2022
Background: Digital technologies are increasingly integrating into people's daily living environments such as schools, sport clubs, and health care facilities. These settings play a crucial role for health promotion and prevention because they affect the health of their members, as the World Health Organization has declared. Implementing digital health promotion and prevention in settings offers the opportunity to reach specific target groups, lower the costs of implementation, and improve the health of the population.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFInformation needs of family caregivers regarding new technologies for dementia care at home: A qualitative study New technologies can support family caregivers in the home care of people with dementia but are unknown to many. To reduce the information deficit, the information needed by caregivers must be determined. The aim of this study is to investigate the information needs of family caregivers regarding new technologies for dementia care at home, taking into account experiences in past research and future information needs.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Assistive technologies for people with dementia and their relatives have the potential to ensure, improve, and facilitate home care and thereby enhance the health of the people caring or being cared for. The number and diversity of technologies and research have continuously increased over the past few decades. As a result, the research field has become complex.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFUnlabelled: Telematics in ambulatory care: Exploring the nurses' perspective Abstract.
Background: In the context of demographic change, the use of information and communications technology in home care has the aim of ensuring the quality of nursing care in the future. The acceptance of telematic applications by all users is crucial in this regard.