Digital Health Promotion For Fitness Enthusiasts In Africa

Abstract

Health promotion involves intentional activities geared towards enabling and empowering persons to have better control over their health. The management of health has evolved from being drug centered to patient centered, andwithin the auspices of patient-centeredness it is becoming the focus of a lot of health promotion programs. Self-care encourages disease management or lifestyle modifications outside formal clinical settings, in different contexts of the everyday life of an average person. Recently, innovative digitalhealth tools have been used to encourage action on the determinants of health, self-care, and overall health promotion. The fitness industry is not left behind in this trend of self-care as key players are investing in the creation of digital health tools for this purpose. This review aims to summarize digital health technologies being used by fitness enthusiasts in Africa, and health promotion strategies (if there are any) for encouraging the use of these tools by fitness enthusiasts