
BehavioR: a digital platform for prevention and management of behavioural addictions / Yatan Pal Singh Balhara;Nazneen Anwar
Tác giả : Yatan Pal Singh Balhara;Nazneen Anwar
Nhà xuất bản : World Health Organization. Regional Office for South-East Asia
Năm xuất bản : 2019
Chủ đề : 1. Health Information Systems. 2. Journal / periodical articles.
Thông tin chi tiết
Tóm tắt : | Behavioural addictions have been identified as an emerging public health problem. The unprecedentedpace of the digital revolution, resulting in an ever-increasing use of internet-based technologies,provides the opportunity to create a unique resource to assist in offering public health interventions inthe World Health Organization South-East Asia Region. The ability to deliver evidence-based treatmentand preventive programmes that can be accessed by mobile phones, for example, increases access toa wide range of populations, including hidden or hard-to-reach populations. BehavioR (the Behavioraladdictions Resource hub) has been established with the aim of offering a one-stop resource centre forbehavioural addictions. The expected end-users of this digital platform include patients, caregivers, thegeneral public, health-care providers, academics, researchers and policy-makers. The platform can beused to offer digital health interventions to patients; strengthen the capacity of health-care providers forearly detection of, screening for, intervention in and management of behavioural addictions; and serveas an online repository for reliable information on behavioural addictions for the general public. |
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https://iris.who.int/handle/10665/329336 |