TY - CHAP

T1 - Overview: Potentials of New Media for the Training of Health Educators in the Field of Diabetes Prevention

AU - Tolks, Daniel

AU - Fischer, Martin R.

PY - 2012

Y1 - 2012

N2 - The goal of this chapter is to give an overview of the opportunities of new media in the field of diabetes prevention education. It should encourage institutions and health experts to use the new technologies for their work in the field of diabetes prevention and to prepare health personnel for the challenges and opportunities in a technology‐driven world. This chapter gives an overview of the different e‐learning approaches with an emphasis on web 2.0/social software applications and their possible implementation for training of health educators such as diabetes prevention managers. A brief overview of exemplary projects in the field of diabetes prevention using new media is also provided. The opportunities for the use of new media for targeting groups at high risk and the general population are also briefly illustrated.

AB - The goal of this chapter is to give an overview of the opportunities of new media in the field of diabetes prevention education. It should encourage institutions and health experts to use the new technologies for their work in the field of diabetes prevention and to prepare health personnel for the challenges and opportunities in a technology‐driven world. This chapter gives an overview of the different e‐learning approaches with an emphasis on web 2.0/social software applications and their possible implementation for training of health educators such as diabetes prevention managers. A brief overview of exemplary projects in the field of diabetes prevention using new media is also provided. The opportunities for the use of new media for targeting groups at high risk and the general population are also briefly illustrated.

KW - Health sciences

KW - Blended learning

KW - Blogs

KW - Diabetes prevention

KW - E-learning

KW - Health communication

KW - Mobile learning

KW - Serious games

KW - Social software

KW - Web 2.0

KW - Wikis

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85024362668&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1002/9781118661321.ch12

DO - 10.1002/9781118661321.ch12

M3 - Chapter

SN - 9780470654651

SP - 177

EP - 194

BT - Prevention of Diabetes

A2 - Schwarz, Peter

A2 - Reddy, Prasuna

PB - Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd.

ER -