EHealth Delivery of Educational Content Using Selected Visual Methods to Improve Health Literacy on Lifestyle-Related Diseases: Literature Review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Lifestyle-related diseases, such as stroke, heart disease, and diabetes, are examples of noncommunicable diseases. Noncommunicable diseases are now the leading cause of death in the world, and their major causes are lifestyle related. The number of eHealth interventions is increasing, which is expected to improve individuals' health literacy on lifestyle-related diseases.

Objective

This literature review aims to identify existing literature published in the past decade on eHealth interventions aimed at improving health literacy on lifestyle-related diseases among the general population using selected visual methods, such as educational videos, films, and movies.

Methods

A systematic literature search of the PubMed database was conducted in April 2019 for pa

SUBMITTER: Aida A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7758165 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature