A systematic review of eHealth interventions to improve health literacy
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Implementation of eHealth is now considered an effective way to address concerns about the health status of health care consumers. The purpose of this study was to review empirically based eHealth intervention strategies designed to improve health literacy among consumers in a variety of settings. A computerized search of 16 databases of abstracts (e.g. Biomedical Reference Collection, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, Computers & Applied Sciences Complete, Health Technology Assessments, MEDLINE) were explored in a systematic fashion to assess the presence of eHealth applications targeting health literacy. Compared to control interventions, the interventions using technology reported significant outcomes or showed promise for future positive outcomes regarding health literacy in a variety of settings, for different diseases, and with diverse samples. This review has indicated that it is feasible to deliver eHealth interventions specifically designed to improve health literacy skills for people with different health conditions, risk factors, and socioeconomic backgrounds.
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These approaches have shown promise for improving knowledge and self-management, but the evidence is inconclusive, few studies have been theory-based, and it remains unclear whether different intervention elements engage and optimize outcomes for people at varying levels of health literacy.
“These approaches have shown promise for improving knowledge and selfmanagement, but the evidence is inconclusive, few studies have been theory-based, and it remains unclear whether different intervention elements engage and optimize outcomes for people at varying levels of health literacy.48”
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- Authors
- Jacobs, R. J., Lou, J. Q., Ownby, R. L., & Caballero, J.
- Affiliations
- Nova Southeastern University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Jacobs, Robin J
- Venue
- Health Informatics Journal
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2014-06-10
- Volume
- 22
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 81-98
- ISSN
- 1355-4743 (ISSN-L)
- 1460-4582
- 1741-2811
- OpenAlex
- W2031942492
- Cited by
- 249
- References
- 44
- Citations by year
- 2026: 17 · 2025: 28 · 2024: 24 · 2023: 25 · 2022: 24 · 2021: 26 · 2020: 26 · 2019: 27 · 2018: 19 · 2017: 15 · 2016: 9 · 2015: 8 · 2014: 1
- FWCI
- 1.86
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Health Informatics Journal (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- NSUWorks (Nova Southeastern University) (submittedVersion)
- AMIA
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Health Literacy and Information Accessibility
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › Health Information Management › Health, Technology, Consumer Behavior
- Keywords
- digital health interventions, health literacy, health information technology, patient education, health care consumers
- MeSH terms
- Computer Literacy, Health Education, Humans, Databases, Factual, Telemedicine, Internet, Health Literacy
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