Social Media and Mobile Apps for Health Promotion in Australian Indigenous Populations: Scoping Review

• DOI: 10.2196/jmir.3614
• Publication Date: 2014-12-10T16:47:57Z
• Authors: Carl Brusse; Karen Gardner; Daniel McAullay; Michelle Dowden
• Keywords: Promotion (chess); mHealth

Background: Health promotion organizations are increasingly embracing social media technologies to engage end users in a more interactive way and widely disseminate their messages with the aim of improving health outcomes. However, such still early stages development and, thus, evidence efficacy is limited. Objective: The study aimed provide current overview surrounding consumer-use mobile software apps for interventions, particular focus on Australian context targeted toward an Indigenous audience. Specifically, our research questions were: (1) What peer-reviewed benefit used promotion, intervention, self-management, service delivery, regard smoking cessation, sexual health, otitis media? (2) have been Indigenous-focused interventions Australia respect or media, what effectiveness benefit? Methods: We conducted scoping (globally) media. A review was also uses reach Australians produced by bodies, again these three areas. Results: identified 17 intervention studies seven systematic reviews that met inclusion criteria, which showed limited from interventions. found five projects significant components targeting population purposes, four criteria. No projects. Conclusions: Although unique capacity as well other underserved populations because wide instant disseminability, do so Current neither evidence-based nor adopted. need gain thorough understanding technologies, who engages them, why they how, order be able create successful