ArticleHealth promotion international2021
Digital health promotion: promise and peril.
Article in Health promotion international, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 48 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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48 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 96 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Perceptions of People From South Asian Backgrounds With Chronic Kidney Disease on Digital Health Interventions: Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement Consultation Focus Group.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2026Article
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- Participatory Development of Digital Innovations for Health Promotion Among Older Adults: Qualitative Insights on Individual, Contextual, and Technical Factors.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- Medical and Biomedical Students' Perspective on Digital Health and Its Integration in Medical Curricula: Recent and Future Views.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
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- Advancing adolescent health promotion in the digital era.Health promotion international · 2025Review
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6 authors at 3 institutions in 4 countries.
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Abstract
The World Health Organization defines health promotion as process of enabling people to increase control over their health and its determinants, and thereby improve their health. As the world transitions into the information age, incorporating digital technologies into health promotion is becoming commonplace. This article discusses current applications of digital health promotion (DHP) and addresses its potential benefits, challenges, as well as how differences in cultures, governance models and digital readiness across the globe will shape the implementation of DHP differently in each society. The benefits include expanding access to health information and health promoting services, lowering scaling up costs, personalizing health advice and real-time 'nudging' toward healthier options. Key challenges would involve privacy control, appropriate use of data including secondary usage beyond the original intention, defining the limits of 'nudging' and the right of free choice, and ensuring widespread accessibility and affordability to minimize the exacerbation of social inequities. Finally, we discuss the enabling factors for successful DHP implementation, suggesting measures that should be taken at both individual and system levels. At the individual level, we explore the factors necessary to access and benefit from DHP meaningfully; at the system level, we examine the infrastructure required to provide wide access, establish trust among users and enable sustainability of behavioral changes.
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