E-health Unit, Department of Primary Care and Social Medicine, Imperial College London, Charing Cross Campus, St Dunstans Road, London, UK.
J Telemed Telecare. 2010;16(4):172-5. doi: 10.1258/jtt.2010.004002.
Email could be used in primary health-care settings for delivering health promotion and disease prevention information, providing an alternative method of delivery for brief interventions. We examined the literature on the use of email for this purpose. Systematic review methodology was used. The main medical databases were searched and there were no restrictions by study design, health-care setting or population. The search identified ten relevant articles, only one of which was a randomised controlled trial. Many articles discussed the potential use of email for health promotion and disease prevention but did not provide evidence. There is much scope for further research in this area.
电子邮件可用于初级保健环境，以提供健康促进和疾病预防信息，为简短干预提供替代的传递方式。我们研究了电子邮件在这方面的用途的文献。采用系统评价方法。主要的医学数据库被检索，研究设计、保健环境或人群不受限制。搜索确定了十篇相关文章，其中只有一篇是随机对照试验。许多文章讨论了电子邮件在健康促进和疾病预防方面的潜在用途，但没有提供证据。在这一领域有很大的进一步研究的空间。
