Digital Health and Applications in Health Promotion

 

LEARNING OUTCOMES

The course aims to introduce students to the basics of digital health and its developments. It analyzes the contribution of new health technologies to individuals and how digital health can improve the provided health services as well as promote the health of the community. The course material aims to provide students with knowledge about the development of e-health services by providing examples and applications both in Greece and internationally. The course gives students the opportunity to discover the use of new information and communication technologies, such as the internet and mobile phones, to promote health and provide health services.

Upon successful completion of the course the student will be able to:

• know the basic features of digital health
• understand the opportunities and challenges of digital health.
• know the different applications of digital health, as well as identify the factors and obstacles to these applications
• knows the conditions for the development of e-health services and their content
• participate in the design, development and implementation of digital health services
• current trends, examples and applications

 

GENERAL SKILLS

• Search, analyze and synthesize data and information, using  necessary technologies
• Decision making
• Individual work
• Teamwork
• Work in an interdisciplinary environment
• Respect cultural diversity
• Social, professional and moral responsibility and gender sensitivity
• Criticism and self-criticism
• Promotion of free, creative and inductive thinking

 

CORSE CONTENT

• Basic concepts
• E-health strategies and frameworks
• Online services and mobile devices
• Telemedicine Services – Mobile health services
• Distance education
• Design of e-health services
• Personalized health services
• Technological trends in health
• Introduction to Statistical Surveys using PC.
• Online Questionnaires – Data Collection
• Applications in the context of health promotion

 

STUDENT EVALUATION

Writing Final Examination (100%) which includes:

Full Reply Test Questions

Quick Reply Test Questions

 

RECOMENDED BIBLIOGRAPHY

• Αποστολάκης, Ι., Βαρλάμης, Η. (2016). Πληροφοριακά Συστήματα Υγείας. Ηλεκτρονικές Υπηρεσίες Υγείας Παπαζήσης, Γ’ Έκδοση, Αθήνα.
• Καστανιά, Ν.Α., Ferrer-Roca, Ο. (Επιμ.) (2009). Εγχειρίδιο Τηλεϊατρικής. Παπαζήσης, Αθήνα.
• Αποστολάκης, Ι., Λουκής, Ε., Χάλαρης, Ι. (2008). Ηλεκτρονική Δημόσια Διοίκηση. Παπαζήσης,  Αθήνα.
• Αποστολάκης, Ι. (Επιμ.) (2011). Συνεργατικό Διαδίκτυο και Κοινωνία. Παπαζήσης,  Αθήνα.
• Αποστολάκης, Ι., Βαρλάμης, Η., Παπαδοπούλου, Α. (2008). Ηλεκτρονικές Κοινότητες Μάθησης. Παπαζήσης, Αθήνα.
• Chryssanthou, A., Apostolakis, I., Varlamis, I. (2011). Certification and Security in Health-Related Web Applications: Concepts and Solutions. IGIGlobal, Hershey, NewYork.
• Αθανασοπούλου Χ., ΣακελλάρηΕ., ValimäkiM. (2016). Ηλεκτρονική υγεία και εργοθεραπευτική παρέμβαση σε άτομα με ψυχικές διαταραχές. Στο: Η συμβολή της εργοθεραπείας στην ψυχιατρική θεραπευτική. Επιμ.  Παπαδημητρίου Γ.Ν., Σκαλτσή Π., Τσίπρα Ι., Χαριτάκη Α., Τσινιά Ν., Εκδόσεις Παρισιάνου.
• Athanasopoulou C., Sakellari E. (2016). ‘Schizophrenia’ on Twitter: Content Analysis of Greek Language Tweets.Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 226:271-274.
• Athanasopoulou C., Sakellari E. (2015). Facebook and Health Information: Content Analysis of Groups Related to Schizophrenia. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 213: 255-258.

 

Related scientific journals:

• Telemedicine and e-Health
• Journal of Medical Internet Research
• Informatics for Health and Social Care

 

EUDOXOS

• Ψηφιακή Υγεία & Σύγχρονες Τεχνολογίες στην Προαγωγή Υγείας, Ιωάννης Κουμπούρος Λεπτομέρειες
• Ιατρική Πληροφορική τόμος Α, ΠΑΝΤΕΛΗΣ ΑΓΓΕΛΙΔΗΣ Λεπτομέρειες
•  Η Συμβολή της Πληροφορικής στην Υγεία, Δημήτρης Γ. Καπόπουλος Λεπτομέρειες