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

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.