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ReviewJournal of medical Internet research2025

Artificial Intelligence in Health Promotion and Disease Reduction: Rapid Review.

Farzaneh Yousefi, Florian Naye, Steven Ouellet, Achille-Roghemrazangba Yameogo, Maxime Sasseville, Frédéric Bergeron, Marianne Ozkan, Martin Cousineau, Samira Amil, Caroline Rhéaume and 1 more

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Review in Journal of medical Internet research, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. Review
  3. Digital hypertension in 2024-2025: emerging evidence and future directions.Hypertension research : official journal of the Japanese Society of Hypertension · 2026
    Review
  4. Article
  5. Article
  6. Article
  7. Artificial Intelligence and the future of clinical trials.Contemporary clinical trials communications · 2025
    Article
  8. Review
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Farzaneh YousefiDepartment of Health Management, Policy, and Economics, Faculty of Management and Medical Information Sciences, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8499-5655
Florian NayeFaculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, School of Rehabilitation, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6545-7018
Steven OuelletFaculty of Nursing Sciences, Université Laval, 1050, avenue de la Médecine, Québec, QC, G1V 0A6, Canada, 1 418 656 2131 ext 407576.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2158-0043
Achille-Roghemrazangba YameogoFaculty of Nursing Sciences, Université Laval, 1050, avenue de la Médecine, Québec, QC, G1V 0A6, Canada, 1 418 656 2131 ext 407576.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8100-9044
Maxime SassevilleFaculty of Nursing Sciences, Université Laval, 1050, avenue de la Médecine, Québec, QC, G1V 0A6, Canada, 1 418 656 2131 ext 407576.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1694-1414
Frédéric BergeronLibrary, Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0978-7420
Marianne OzkanThe International Observatory on the Societal Impacts of AI and Digital Technologies, Québec, QC, Canada.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0009-9523-5884
Martin CousineauThe International Observatory on the Societal Impacts of AI and Digital Technologies, Québec, QC, Canada.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9184-3553
Samira AmilVITAM Research Center on Sustainable Health, Québec, QC, Canada.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4024-9762
Caroline RhéaumeVITAM Research Center on Sustainable Health, Québec, QC, Canada.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1863-4410
Marie-Pierre GagnonFaculty of Nursing Sciences, Université Laval, 1050, avenue de la Médecine, Québec, QC, G1V 0A6, Canada, 1 418 656 2131 ext 407576.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0782-5457

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Chronic diseases represent a significant global burden of mortality, exacerbated by behavioral risk factors. Artificial intelligence (AI) has transformed health promotion and disease reduction through improved early detection, encouraging healthy lifestyle modifications, and mitigating the economic strain on health systems. Objective: The aim of this study is to investigate how AI contributes to health promotion and disease reduction among Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development countries. Methods: We conducted a rapid review of the literature to identify the latest evidence on how AI is used in health promotion and disease reduction. We applied comprehensive search strategies formulated for MEDLINE (OVID) and CINAHL to locate studies published between 2019 and 2024. A pair of reviewers independently applied the inclusion and exclusion criteria to screen the titles and abstracts, assess the full texts, and extract the data. We synthesized extracted data from the study characteristics, intervention characteristics, and intervention purpose using structured narrative summaries of main themes, giving a portrait of the current scope of available AI initiatives used in promoting healthy activities and preventing disease. Results: We included 22 studies in this review (out of 3442 publications screened), most of which were conducted in the United States (10/22, 45%) and focused on health promotion by targeting lifestyle dimensions, such as dietary behavior (10/22, 45%), smoking cessation (6/22, 27%), physical activity (4/22, 18%), and mental health (3/22, 14%). Three studies targeted disease reduction related to metabolic health (eg, obesity, diabetes, hypertension). Most AI initiatives were AI-powered mobile apps. Overall, positive results were reported for process outcomes (eg, acceptability, engagement), cognitive and behavioral outcomes (eg, confidence, step count), and health outcomes (eg, glycemia, blood pressure). We categorized the challenges, benefits, and suggestions identified in the studies using a Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats analysis to inform future developments. Key recommendations include conducting further investigations, taking into account the needs of end users, improving the technical aspect of the technology, and allocating resources. Conclusions: These findings offer critical insights into the effective implementation of AI for health promotion and disease prevention, potentially guiding policymakers and health care practitioners in optimizing the use of AI technologies in supporting health promotion and disease reduction.

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Artificial IntelligenceHealth PromotionChronic DiseaseHumansLife StyleAI in healthartificial intelligencedisease reductionhealth promotionrapid reviewSWOT analysis

Identifiers

PMID40788006
PMCPMC12337235

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