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- Soltesz, Kristian, et al.
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The effect of interventions on COVID-19
- 2020
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Ingår i: Nature. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 0028-0836 .- 1476-4687. ; 588:7839, s. 26-28
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)
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- Backlund, Åsa, et al.
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Skolsocialt arbete - en angelägenhet för alla?
- 2012
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Ingår i: Socionomen Facktidsskriften för kvalificerat socialt arbete. - Stockholm : Akademikerförbundet SSR. - 0283-1929. ; :2, s. 26-31
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Tidskriftsartikel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)
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- Ekberg, Joakim, 1976-, et al.
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Checklist for online health promoting communities
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Annan publikation (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Background: Disease prevention via web-based interventions has matured into a relatively inexpensive health intervention alternative; however, few studies on web-based health promotion have been published. Despite the apparent potential of online health promoting communities (OHPC), not much guidance is available for developers on the basic design features that characterize successful applications. The aim of this study was to develop a checklist for a pre-launch evaluation of OHPCs. The checklist is required to take the perspectives of both the user community and the health services into account.Methods: The study was based on an action research design. Constructs used in an evaluation for information system success, applicable before the introduction of the OHPC to the end users, were used as the basis for a checklist. Each construct was contextually adapted for the OHPC context and formatively evaluated in the case study project, and then organized into a checklist applicable to both the end-user community and the health care services.Results: The checklist applicable to OHPC included the following constructs: information quality, service quality, and subjective norms. The contextual adaptation of the information quality construct resulted in items for content area, trust, and format. The contextual adaptation of the service quality construct resulted in items for staff competence, prompt service and empathy. The contextual adaptation of the subject norms construct resulted in items for social facilitation, interconnectivity and communication.Conclusions: The most important result from the formative evaluation was the delicate balance between community autonomy and quality control in the formulation of the information and service quality constructs. Before the checklist is implemented, a comparison of the infrastructure and processes of the study context and the target context is needed to determine what aspects of the checklist are irrelevant. Future studies addressing health outcome constructs for use in OHPC evaluations are warranted.
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- Ekberg, Joakim, 1976-, et al.
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Design of an online health-promoting community : Negotiating user community needs with public health goals and service capabilities
- 2013
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Ingår i: BMC Health Services Research. - : BioMed Central. - 1472-6963. ; 13:1
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Background: An online health-promoting community (OHPC) has the potential to promote health and advance new means of dialogue between public health representatives and the general public. The aim of this study was to examine what aspects of an OHPC that are critical for satisfying the needs of the user community and public health goals and service capabilities.Methods: Community-based participatory research methods were used for data collection and analysis, and participatory design principles to develop a case study OHPC for adolescents. Qualitative data from adolescents on health appraisals and perspectives on health information were collected in a Swedish health service region and classified into categories of user health information exchange needs. A composite design rationale for the OHPC was completed by linking the identified user needs, user-derived requirements, and technical and organizational systems solutions. Conflicts between end-user requirements and organizational goals and resources were identified.Results: The most prominent health information needs were associated to food, exercise, and well-being. The assessment of the design rationale document and prototype in light of the regional public health goals and service capabilities showed that compromises were needed to resolve conflicts involving the management of organizational resources and responsibilities. The users wanted to discuss health issues with health experts having little time to set aside to the OHPC and it was unclear who should set the norms for the online discussions.Conclusions: OHPCs can be designed to satisfy both the needs of user communities and public health goals and service capabilities. Compromises are needed to resolve conflicts between users' needs to discuss health issues with domain experts and the management of resources and responsibilities in public health organizations.
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- Ekberg, Joakim, 1976-
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Online health promoting communities : Design, implementation and formative evaluation of an intervention
- 2012
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Doktorsavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- In Sweden, obesity among children has not yet reached the epidemic proportions reported from other parts of the world. However, among adolescents, being overweight and self-consciousness regarding body shape, diet and exercise influence social, psychological and physical health. Obese children may be in need of secondary prevention because of adverse effects related to obesity, but it is less obvious exactly what to prevent in the rest of the population. General interventions to prevent overweight and obesity are problematic because of the lack of associations for general application; there is a need for personalized community-based health promotion. Online interventions are especially suitable considering the amount of time adolescents spend online.This thesis takes a design approach to interventions and describes the design of an online health promoting community as a path to health promotion among adolescents. The first two studies use data from the first 15 years of a 1991 cohort living in Östergötland to determine the predictability of obesity from childhood body mass index and to investigate interventions and available evidence to suggest appropriate interventions. The next two studies use these findings to design and formatively evaluate a health promotion intervention.In Study I we found reasons for offering population-based interventions systematically from 5 years of age. It would be worthwhile identifying at an early age those relatively few children with substantially increased risk of maintaining obesity in adulthood and offering them interventions; but interventions must be avoided when they are not necessary. The projections in Study II indicate that more specified interventions would benefit adolescents without increasing the costs. In Study III, we found than an online health promoting community can be designed simply at relatively low cost and can be negotiated to satisfy both the needs of the user community and public health goals and service capabilities. In Study IV, a checklist for pre-launch evaluation of online health promoting communities was developed and the most important result was the delicate balance between community autonomy and quality control. Future studies addressing health outcome constructs for use in online health promoting community evaluations are warranted.
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- Jacobsson, Jenny, et al.
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Developing web-based health guidance for coaches and parents in child athletics (track and field)
- 2020
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Ingår i: Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports. - : WILEY. - 0905-7188 .- 1600-0838. ; 30:7, s. 1248-1255
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The aim of this study was to develop athletics health guidance (AHG) aimed at supporting coaches and parents involved in organized child athletics by providing practical advice and tools for the management of the most common health problems experienced in athletics by the 12- to 15-year olds. The study used participatory action research (PAR) and an established health service guideline development procedure modified to fit AHG development in child athletics. A sequential process consisting of four steps with associated subgoals was employed. The collected data were structured according to the AHG development steps and analyzed using qualitative methods. The most common health concern identified was injuries related to growth and overuse. No randomized controlled studies investigating injury prevention programs or any existing concepts/guidelines in child athletics were found that could be used in the development of the AHG. A requirements document was instead defined in a nominal group process and used for the AHG development. The areas included in the final AHG were as follows: training youth athletes, growth and puberty, recovery, injury prevention, injuries and illnesses, mental illness, safe sport, and anti-doping. The evidence regarding health issues in child athletics is limited, indicating that actions to support good health in the sport are currently based essentially on best practice. The long-term aim of the AHG and associated website is to systematically create and introduce conditions that can bridge the "know-do gap" and provide coaches and parents with easy-to-access and up-to-date knowledge in the field of child athlete health in athletics.
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- Timpka, Toomas, 1957-, et al.
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Web 2.0 systems supporting childhood chronic disease management : A pattern language representation of a general architecture
- 2008
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Ingår i: BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 1472-6947. ; 8
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Background. Chronic disease management is a global health concern. By the time they reach adolescence, 10-15% of all children live with a chronic disease. The role of educational interventions in facilitating adaptation to chronic disease is receiving growing recognition, and current care policies advocate greater involvement of patients in self-care. Web 2.0 is an umbrella term for new collaborative Internet services characterized by user participation in developing and managing content. Key elements include Really Simple Syndication (RSS) to rapidly disseminate awareness of new information, weblogs (blogs) to describe new trends, wikis to share knowledge, and podcasts to make information available on personal media players. This study addresses the potential to develop Web 2.0 services for young persons with a chronic disease. It is acknowledged that the management of childhood chronic disease is based on interplay between initiatives and resources on the part of patients, relatives, and health care professionals, and where the balance shifts over time to the patients and their families. Methods. Participatory action research was used to stepwise define a design specification in the form of a pattern language. Support for children diagnosed with diabetes Type 1 was used as the example area. Each individual design pattern was determined graphically using card sorting methods, and textually in the form Title, Context, Problem, Solution, Examples and References. Application references were included at the lowest level in the graphical overview in the pattern language but not specified in detail in the textual descriptions. Results. The design patterns are divided into functional and non-functional design elements, and formulated at the levels of organizational, system, and application design. The design elements specify access to materials for development of the competences needed for chronic disease management in specific community settings, endorsement of self-learning through online peer-to-peer communication, and systematic accreditation and evaluation of materials and processes. Conclusion. The use of design patterns allows representing the core design elements of a Web 2.0 system upon which an 'ecological' development of content respecting these constraints can be built. Future research should include evaluations of Web 2.0 systems implemented according to the architecture in practice settings.
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