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Community Services, Interventions and Health Promotion

A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Health Care Sciences & Services".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (3 April 2023) | Viewed by 2396

Special Issue Editor

Prof. Dr. Chun Chang

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Department of Social Medicine and Health Education, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China
Interests: behavior/lifestyle intervention and evaluation; health promotion of the patients with CND; behavioral health theories and application; big data, digital technology and health promotion; elderly health and quality of life; school-based health promotion; workplace-based health promotion; community-based health promotion

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Healthy lives and increased well-being for people at all ages can only be achieved by promoting health. According to the WHO, NCDs accounted for 73.6% of total deaths worldwide in 2019. Adopting a healthy behavior and lifestyle (e.g., smoking cessation, physical activity, balanced diet) not only reduces the risk of NCDs but is also an important measure of disease management for NCD patients, improving their quality of life as well as promoting healthy aging.

Changing behavior and lifestyle is influenced by many factors in varied sociocultural contexts. The rapid development of big data and digital technology also brings new opportunities and challenges for behavior and lifestyle intervention. Therefore, a great deal of scientific evidence is still needed to reveal the mechanisms of behavior change and access the effects of intervention strategies so as to improve well-being and contribute to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals.

This Special Issue aims to share recent high-quality research in the field of community services, interventions and health promotion, especially focusing on intervention and evaluation of NCD patients and the elderly population. Moreover, this issue welcomes original research on the application of big data and digital technology in health promotion.

Prof. Dr. Chun Chang
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • community health service
  • behavioral health
  • behavior/lifestyle intervention and evaluation
  • health management of NCDs
  • early health and quality of life
  • bia data, digital technology and health promotion
  • sector-based prevention and health promotion

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Behavioral Interpretation of Willingness to Use Wearable Health Devices in Community Residents: A Cross-Sectional Study
by Jiaxin Chen, Ting Li, Hua You, Jingyu Wang, Xueqing Peng and Baoyi Chen
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2023, 20(4), 3247; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20043247 - 13 Feb 2023
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Wearable health devices (WHDs) have become increasingly advantageous in long-term health monitoring and patient management. However, most people have not yet benefited from such innovative technologies, and the willingness to accept WHDs and their influencing factors are still unclear. Based on two behavioral [...] Read more.
Wearable health devices (WHDs) have become increasingly advantageous in long-term health monitoring and patient management. However, most people have not yet benefited from such innovative technologies, and the willingness to accept WHDs and their influencing factors are still unclear. Based on two behavioral theories: the theory of planned behavior (TPB) and the diffusion of innovation (DOI), this study aims to explore the influencing factors of willingness to use WHDs in community residents from the perspective of both internal and external factors. A convenience sample of 407 community residents were recruited from three randomly selected Community Health Service Centers (CHSCs) in Nanjing, China, and were investigated with a self-developed questionnaires. The mean score of willingness to use WHDs was 17.00 (range 5–25). In the dimensions of TPB, perceived behavioral control (β = 1.979, p < 0.001) was the strongest influencing factor. Subjective norms (β = 1.457, p < 0.001) and attitudes (β = 0.651, p = 0.016) were also positively associated with willingness. In innovation characteristics of DOI, compatibility (β = 0.889, p < 0.001) and observability (β = 0.576, p = 0.003) had positive association with the willingness to wear a WHD. This study supports the applicability of the two behavioral theories to interpret the willingness to use WHDs in Chinese community residents. Compared with the innovative features of WHDs, individual cognitive factors were more critical predictors of willingness to use. Full article
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