Web-based intervention for developing long-term health literacy of individuals : Possibilities and limitations
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2016-06-01
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Web-based interventions (WBI) are purposefully developed online programs designed for wide range of users (clients, patients, health care specialists, as well as medical practitioners) which allow obtaining and using information on various issues related to health maintenance and improvement. On the basis of the analysis of scientific literature, the article provides an overview of WBI types and components, as well as a structural model of WBI and its user in the context of environment factors. The possibilities of using WBI for developing long-term health literacy of individuals are specified. By summarising the main advantages and limitations of using WBI, the possible suggestions for the WBI use and development are offered.
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Publisher Copyright: © by Aira Aija Krumiņa 2016.
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advantages and limitations, health literacy, health literacy development, information literacy, web-based intervention, 5.3 Educational sciences, 1.1. Scientific article indexed in Web of Science and/or Scopus database, Education
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Krumiņa, A A & Lubenko, J 2016, 'Web-based intervention for developing long-term health literacy of individuals : Possibilities and limitations', Journal of Teacher Education for Sustainability, vol. 18, no. 1, pp. 69-83. https://doi.org/10.1515/jtes-2016-0006