ReviewBundesgesundheitsblatt, Gesundheitsforschung, Gesundheitsschutz2020
[Digital interventions in prevention and health promotion: What kind of evidence do we have and what is needed?]
Review in Bundesgesundheitsblatt, Gesundheitsforschung, Gesundheitsschutz, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Who cites it
18 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 42 citations in OpenAlex.
- [On the Effectiveness of Digital Workplace Health Promotion in Times of Home Office: A Systematic Review].Gesundheitswesen (Bundesverband der Arzte des Offentlichen Gesundheitsdienstes (Germany)) · 2024Pooled it
- Motivating factors and possible barriers to participation in digital prevention courses of two statutory health insurance funds in Germany: a qualitative interview study.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Consensus-based reporting guideline for participatory development and evaluation of digital health interventions.NPJ digital medicine · 2026Article
- [Community-based Disease Prevention and Health Promotion: Promoting Digital Health Literacy among People in Precarious Living Conditions].Gesundheitswesen (Bundesverband der Arzte des Offentlichen Gesundheitsdienstes (Germany)) · 2025Article
- Methods, Indicators, and End-User Involvement in the Evaluation of Digital Health Interventions for the Public: Scoping Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2024Article
- [Motivational Reasons and Perceptions about Future Participation of Older People in the Research and Development Process of Health Technologies: a Mixed Methods Study].Gesundheitswesen (Bundesverband der Arzte des Offentlichen Gesundheitsdienstes (Germany)) · 2023Article
- [Establishing health-promoting structures in professional long-term care through digitization: call for a perspective change].Bundesgesundheitsblatt, Gesundheitsforschung, Gesundheitsschutz · 2023Review
- [Digital Applications in the Planning and Implementation of Structural Health Promotion and Prevention Settings: Results of a Scoping Review].Gesundheitswesen (Bundesverband der Arzte des Offentlichen Gesundheitsdienstes (Germany)) · 2023Article
- Health economic evaluation of preventive digital public health interventions using decision-analytic modelling: a systematized review.BMC health services research · 2023Review
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- [Future trends and possible applications of digital technologies in setting-based prevention and health promotion-a Delphi survey].Bundesgesundheitsblatt, Gesundheitsforschung, Gesundheitsschutz · 2023Article
- [Development, Evaluation and Implementation of Digital Health Interventions (Part 1) - Discussion Paper of the Digital Health Working Group of the German Network for Health Services Research (DNVF)].Gesundheitswesen (Bundesverband der Arzte des Offentlichen Gesundheitsdienstes (Germany)) · 2023Article
- Hosting an Online World Café to Develop an Understanding of Digital Health Promoting Settings from a Citizen's Perspective-Methodological Potentials and Challenges.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Evaluation Methods Applied to Digital Health Interventions: What Is Being Used beyond Randomised Controlled Trials?-A Scoping Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Digital Health Promotion and Prevention in Settings: Scoping Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2022Article
- Digitization and Health in Germany: Cross-sectional Nationwide Survey.JMIR public health and surveillance · 2021Article
- Enhancing preventive medicine over curative medicine: Role of telemedicine.Public health in practice (Oxford, England) · 2021Article
- [Evidence-based primary prevention and health promotion: methods and procedures in 5 research consortia].Bundesgesundheitsblatt, Gesundheitsforschung, Gesundheitsschutz · 2021Review
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Abstract
Digital technologies increasingly affect our daily lives and interact with our living environment. A high potential for prevention and health promotion is referred to digital interventions. So far, however, there is a lack of well-founded evidence on the effectiveness of such measures. This paper will address the challenges of evidence-based digital interventions in prevention and health promotion. The results are summarised in the form of a narrative review.So far, evidence-based medicine methods have not been sufficiently used in the evaluation of benefits and harms in the field of prevention and health promotion. The reasons for this are found in the complexity of the corresponding measures. This complexity is further increased by digital interventions. Nevertheless, it is urgently recommended to place a stronger focus on evidence-based interventions in order to enable meaningful and comprehensible evaluation procedures with regard to the effectiveness of digital interventions in prevention and health promotion.Digitalisation leads to new demands on prevention and health promotion. A critical perspective on the actual impact of digital interventions and their social implications is needed. The development of a solid knowledge base is necessary in order to promote acceptance of the technologies and to achieve sustainable implementation.
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