Promoting health education through mobile appsA quantitative analysis about the world’s best hospitals

  1. Medina Aguerrebere, Pablo 1
  2. Medina, Eva 2
  3. Gonzalez Pacanowski, Toni 2
  1. 1 Faculty of Communications, Arts, and Sciences, Canadian University Dubai, United Arab Emirates
  2. 2 School of Communication and Psychology, School of Communication and Psychology, Spain
Revista:
Revista Española de Comunicación en Salud

ISSN: 1989-9882,  2444-6513

Ano de publicación: 2023

Volume: 14

Número: 1

Páxinas: 22-34

Tipo: Artigo

DOI: 10.20318/RECS.2023.7429 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openAcceso aberto editor

Outras publicacións en: Revista Española de Comunicación en Salud

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Resumo

Introduction: Promoting health education through different platforms (patient portals, social media, websites) has become a common practice in many countries. Recently, many hospitals have prioritized mobile apps as a health education tool. Objectives: This paper aims to analyze how hospitals should use mobile apps to promote health education efficiently and this way improve their relations with patients. Methodology: To answer this question, we carried out a literature review about health education, mobile apps, patients’ empowerment, and noncommunicable diseases; and then, we resorted to 38 indicators to analyze how the top 150 hospitals in the world manage these platforms to promote health education. Conclusion: We concluded that the three main criteria that hospitals should consider when using mobile apps for health education purposes are: 1) respecting patients’ needs in terms of information and emotional support; 2) evaluating health professionals’ and patients’ skills in mobile literacy; and 3) considering public health priorities.

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