Harnessing Utilisation of Digital Technologies for Promoting Health Education for Contemporary Educational Creativity

Abstract

Following the rapid development of the Internet and information 
technologies, coupled with a variety of digital media, digital technologies 
are rapidly being integrated into a wide range of health fields. The digital 
technology has become a conventional method of health education for 
the general public and has the potential to influence health behaviours. 
The aim of this study is to identify the use of digital technologies as a 
tool for promoting health education for contemporary educational 
creativity as well as the need for capacity building and digital literacy 
which will be integral to ensuring that digital health tools are used 
correctly and competently in practice. This article explores some of the 
technological advances in the field of health, the rise and application of 
digital technologies for health education. Digital technologies have 
contributed significantly to some very significant changes in the 
configuration of standard health services, community health education 
and health promotion. The effects of technology on health promotion 
and our quality of life were reviewed. In addition, some of the barriers 
to the utilisation of digital technologies for promoting health education 
as found in the literature are; constantly shifting in their meanings 
according to the context in which they are used in order to make profit.