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Binge drinking, which is linked to various immediate and long-term negative outcomes, is highly prevalent among U.S. college students. Behavioral interventions delivered via mobile phones has strong potential to help decrease the hazardous effects of binge drinking by promoting safer drinking behaviors.
The global increase in the Internet of Things (IoT) adoption has sparked interest in its application within the educational sector, particularly in colleges and universities. Previous studies have often focused on individual attitudes toward IoT without considering a multi-perspective approach and have overlooked the impact of IoT on the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) outside the educational domain.
The Early Psychosis Intervention Network of California project, a learning health care network of California early psychosis intervention (EPI) programs, prioritized incorporation of community partner feedback while designing its eHealth app, Beehive. Though eHealth apps can support learning health care network data collection aims, low user acceptance or adoption can pose barriers to successful implementation. Adopting user-centered design (UCD) approaches, such as incorporation of user feedback, prototyping, iterative design, and continuous evaluation, can mitigate these potential barriers.
Due to the rising prevalence of Alzheimer disease and related dementias, easily deployable tools to quantify risk are needed. Smartphones and smartwatches enable unobtrusive and continuous monitoring, but there is limited information regarding the feasibility, adherence, and acceptability of digital data collection among racially diverse older adults.
Hybrid work is the new modus operandi for many office workers, leading to more sedentary behavior than office-only working. Given the potential of digital interventions to reduce sedentary behavior and the current lack of studies evaluating these interventions for home office settings, it is crucial to develop digital interventions for such contexts involving all stakeholders.
Current health education methods in Pakistan utilize traditional media (e.g., TV, radio), community health workers, and printed materials, which often fall short in reach and engagement among most of the population. The health sector in Pakistan has not yet utilized social media effectively to raise awareness and provide education about diseases. Research on the impact social media can have on health education in Pakistan may expand current efforts, engage a wider audience, and reduce the disease burden on healthcare facilities.
In health care, the use of nursing technological innovations, particularly technological products, is rapidly increasing; however, these innovations do not always align with nursing practice. An explanation for this issue could be that nursing technological innovations are developed and implemented with a top-down approach, which could subsequently limit the positive impact on practice. Cocreation with stakeholders such as nurses can help address this issue. Nowadays, health care centers increasingly encourage stakeholder participation, which is known as a bottom-up cocreation approach. However, little is known about the experience of nurses and their managers with this approach and the innovations it results in within the field of nursing care.
The rising demand for advanced home care services, driven by an aging population and the preference for aging in place, presents both challenges and opportunities. While advanced home care can improve cost-effectiveness and patient outcomes, gaps remain in understanding how eHealth technologies can optimize these services. eHealth tools have the potential to offer personalized, coordinated care that increases patient engagement. However, research exploring health care professionals’ (HCPs) perspectives on the use of eHealth tools in advanced home care and their impact on the HCP-patient relationship is limited.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, in-person visitation from family members was extremely restricted and sometimes eliminated to reduce the risk of transmission of SARS-COV2 within hospitals. During this time, many healthcare professionals created novel strategies that they deployed rapidly to maintain a patient-centered and family-centered care approach. While pandemic-related restrictions have eased, these systems, including video-conferencing or virtual bedside visits, remain relevant for family members who cannot be physically present due to other reasons (lack of access to transport, socio-economic restraints, geographical distance).
