Patient empowerment is examined as a multi-dimensional factor influencing the use of diabetes self-management apps. The research design includes three studies conducted in Singapore. Study 1 examines how features of diabetes self-management apps correspond with theoretical indicators of empowerment, as well as app quality. Study 2 uses semi-structured face-to-face interviews with diabetes patients to draw first conclusions about the relevance of empowerment for diabetes app use. Study 3 include…
List of live links to staff-authored Patient Pamphlets translated from the English originals. Available online on the IWK website (https://www.iwk.nshealth.ca/resources). Click each link (URL) listed in this document to access the full-text translation from the IWK external website's "Resources Directory". This list of translation links was generated by the IWK Family Resource Library's database.
This unique collection synthesizes insights and evidence from innovators in consumer informatics and highlights the technical, behavioral, social, and policy issues driving digital health today and in the foreseeable future. Consumer Informatics and Digital Health presents the fundamentals of mobile health, reviews the evidence for consumer technology as a driver of health behavior change, and examines user experience and real-world technology design challenges and successes. Additionally, it ,…
This engaging and highly practical title is designed to support healthcare professionals in providing the best possible care for their patients with migraine. Developed by two leading authorities in the field who bring wit and warmth to their writing, the book combines the valuable wisdom of their clinical expertise with cutting edge scientific synthesis and helpful clinical pearls. Replete with a plethora of instructional aids and clinical tools (such as patient handouts, questionnaires, check…
This book examines the most up-to-date strategies that can be used to enhance the healthcare professional-patient interaction to influence positive behavior change and improve treatment adherence in pulmonary healthcare. This book is written by experts in the field who couple their experience with practical strategies (the art) with evidence-based theory (the science). Chapters discuss global concepts such as motivational interviewing on improving engagement and how to apply strategies to speci…
List of live links to staff-authored Patient Pamphlets translated from the English originals. Available online on the IWK website (https://www.iwk.nshealth.ca/resources). Click each link (URL) listed in this document to access the full-text translation from the IWK external website's "Resources Directory". This list of translation links was generated by the IWK Family Resource Library's database.
[In English and French] The IWK Family Library is funded by the IWK Auxiliary. It opened in 1992. Families and staff are welcome to visit the library