This study aimed to develop and evaluate the feasibility of a mobile health-based health literacy weight management intervention program for adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic. Therefore, a convergent mixed-method design was used. The "GO! GO! Smart Healthy" intervention development engaged multidisciplinary healthcare professionals, utilizing mobile health applications and smartwatches.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHealth literacy (HL) is a key factor influencing asthma management outcomes and has primarily been focused on adult patients. The relationship between children's HL and asthma is unclear, and several research gaps are present in the direct assessment of children's HL. In this study, a systematic review of the relevant literature was conducted to elucidate the relationship between HL and asthma among children.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBefore the appearance of specific psychotic symptoms, most individuals experience a period of prodromal symptoms associated with severe mental illness. Early intervention during this pre-psychotic phase may improve treatment outcomes, alter the natural course of disease, and prevent or delay mental disease onset. This paper aimed to synthesize four screening strategies (genetic high-risk populations selected by family history with mental illness, finding ultra-high-risk population, the close-in strategy, and the pre-psychotic phase by assessing basic symptoms); two intervention dimensions (psychosocial interventions and antipsychotic medicine); discussions of ethnic issues; and three Taiwanese nurses' roles (the role of assessment for screening, the role of development for screening tools, and the role of preventive intervention providers) to attain early diagnoses and prevention of mental illness.
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