31/07/2026
💡香港大學基層醫療健康教研中心聯同世界衛生組織基層醫療健康及護理專業人員發展合作中心合辦健康講座 ，今次我哋聚焦「數字健康干預」喺基層醫療嘅應用，特別係高血壓管理！
📲講座由多倫多大學公共衛生學院教授、加拿大醫學科學院院士魏曉林教授主講 ，分享佢哋喺巴基斯坦農村進行嘅大型隨機對照試驗，探討點樣用手機App、SMS短訊、遙距培訓同行動支援，幫高血壓患者有效控制血壓 。
📉研究發現，收縮壓平均降低超過 3 mmHg ，臨床意義重大；而喺資源有限嘅地區，簡單嘅SMS短訊效果甚至好過複雜嘅手機App 。魏教授特別強調：個App本身唔係最緊要，最緊要係成個「護理路徑」有冇被打通 ——由基層醫護、專科遙距支援、到病友互助，缺一不可。
🌍呢個講座除咗講實證，仲介紹咗點樣用實施科學框架（RE-AIM / CFIR） 去設計同評估呢類數字健康方案，確保唔單止有效，仲要喺真實世界行得通 。雖然講座已經圓滿結束，但精彩內容值得回顧！
🚀基層醫療未來一定離不開數碼轉型 ，特別係面對高血壓、糖尿病呢類需要長期跟進嘅慢病。我哋會繼續推動更多本地同國際嘅公共衛生對話，記得follow我哋，下次活動唔好錯過🔔
💡The HKU Primary Health Care Academy (PHCA) and the WHO Collaborating Centre for Primary Health Care and Health Workforce Development recently co-hosted a seminar on digital health interventions for hypertension management in primary care.
📲The seminar was delivered by Professor Xiaolin Wei (FCASH), Professor at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, who shared findings from a large-scale cluster randomised trial in rural Pakistan. The study examined how a multi-component digital package — including a smartphone app, SMS, tele-mentoring, and peer support — can improve blood pressure control in resource-constrained settings.
📉Key findings showed a clinically meaningful systolic BP reduction of over 3 mmHg. Interestingly, in LMIC contexts, simple SMS text messaging achieved better outcomes than more complex app-based models. Prof. Wei emphasised that the app itself matters less than the care pathway it enables — connecting patients, primary care providers, specialist tele-mentoring, and peer networks.
🌍The seminar also introduced implementation science frameworks (RE-AIM and CFIR) used to design and evaluate the intervention, ensuring both effectiveness and real-world feasibility. Although this seminar has now concluded, the insights remain highly relevant for Hong Kong’s ongoing primary care transformation.
🚀As we move towards chronic disease management in primary care, digital health will undoubtedly play a growing role 🚀. Stay tuned for more public health dialogues ahead — follow us and don’t miss our next event! 🔔
