User-participation in the development and testing of eHealth interventions for health promotion for people with non-communicable diseases: A protocol for an integrative review
Year: 2023
Type: preprint
Study design: Study Protocol
Abstract: eHealth is broadly defined as “the use of information and communication technologies (ICT) for health” (WHO, 2017). Such technologies are being developed and implemented with large interest worldwide and has the potential to improve health-promotion, self-management, and empowerment for people with non-communicable diseases. WHO has defined four fundamental components of the empowerment process: patient/user participation, patient knowledge, patient skills, and the creation of a facilitating environment (WHO, 2009, 2021). As patient/user participation is the first fundamental component for people to have the strength and power to impact their health, it is crucial to ensure that eHealth initiatives are being developed in line with the needs and wishes of the people who will use them. Furthermore, it is important that developers of eHealth interventions and health care personnel recognise the importance of user-participation in the processes of developing, piloting and implementing eHealth technologies (Ekstedt et al., 2022). The overarching review objective is therefore to explore methods and approaches for user-participation in the development and testing of health-promoting eHealth interventions for people with non-communicable diseases.
Source: OSF Preprints (OSF Preprints)
Language: English
Subfield: General Health Professions
Field: Health Professions
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W4388344914