Table 2.
Description of health topics covered, chronic disease focus, technology employed, and expected outcomes of studies included in this scoping review.
| Author(S), Year Of Publication, Study Location | Health Topics Covered | Chronic Disease Focus | Technology Employed | Expected Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albright, et al.,65 2014, Hawai’i, USA | Physical activity including: goal setting, recommendations for physical activities, motivational interviewing to mitigate barriers related to physical activity | Prevention of weight gain, hypertension, obesity, and diabetes in post-partum women | Website and telephone counseling | Website and telephone counseling together will be more effective than website alone at increasing physical activity among Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander post-partum women. |
| Browne et. al., 72 2017; Australia | Nutrition—focus on sugar sweetened beverage consumption and promotion of non-sugar sweetened beverage intake | Prevention of chronic disease related to body weight (e.g., diabetes) | Social media, television, radio | Targeted media campaign for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people will be more effective in decreasing sugar sweetened beverage intake than the general audience media campaign. |
| Buller et.al.,70 2008; Upper Rio Grande Valley in Colorado and New Mexico, USA | Nutrition—Increase fruit and vegetable consumption including tips on gardening, recipes, and cooking for fruits and vegetables | General—reduced risk of chronic disease as based on national 5 A Day for Better Health program | Website | Adults in the Upper Rio Grande Valley who utilize the fruit and vegetable promotion website will show increased fruit and vegetable consumption pre / post usage. |
| Gittelsohn et.al.,68 2020, rural USA-based regions | Nutrition and physical activity including SMART goal setting, decreasing sugar, increasing non-sugary sweetened beverage consumption, decreasing sodium, increasing healthy snacks and family-based meals | Obesity prevention | Social media | Researchers explored social media as a method to augment the multi-level, multi-component obesity prevention intervention as an innovative and forward-thinking addition to their intervention. |
| McShane et.al.,71 2013; Ottawa Canada | How to support the health of women prior to pregnancy and during pregnancy | Promoting pre-pregnancy and pregnancy wellness | CD-Rom | Members of the priority audience (urban Inuit) will accept and be receptive of a health promotion CD-Rom that was developed specifically for their community. |
| Mhurchu et.al.,73 2019; New Zealand | General health topics—Culturally relevant healthy eating, physical activity, goal setting, lifestyle trackers, improving sleep, managing weight, smoking cessation | General health and prevention of non-communicable diseases | Smartphone app and website | Participation in the intervention will improve adherence to health-related behavior guidelines among members of the priority audience (Māori and Pasifika adults). |
| Smith et.al,67 2001, Alaska, USA | Nutrition education consistent with Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) messages (e.g., breastfeeding) | General health for pregnant and postpartum women, infants, and children | Television | Television-based nutrition education will expand reach and be acceptable by the priority audience (Alaska Native women). |
| Tomayko, et.al.,69 2019; 5 participating sites across the USA (5 reservation /rural settings and 1 urban setting) | Fruit and vegetable intake, improved sleep, decreased screen time and sugar intake, improved stress management (adults only) | Healthy lifestyle promotion and obesity prevention | Social media and text messages | Participation in the intervention would improve American Indian family-based healthy lifestyle and obesity prevention behaviors. |
| Townsend-Ing, et.al.,66 2018; Hawai’i, USA | Diabetes Prevention Program Lifestyle Intervention is the basis of this intervention. Topics include physical activity, goal setting, navigating social situations regarding healthy eating, stress management, healthy eating at holidays, etc. | Obesity prevention, weight loss maintenance, hypertension | DVD | Participation in the intervention (either in person or DVD) would be similar in their effects on participants’ continued weight loss or weight loss maintenance. |