Recognizing the Importance of Design, Content, and Delivery Features of Health Animations for Preventive Health Behaviors: Realist Review

Kathleen McCorry   ¹ , MSc ;   Gregory Maniatopoulos   ² , PhD ;   Linda Errington   ³ , MSc ;   Ellie Land   ⁴ , MA ;   Michael Craig   ⁵ , PhD ;   Santosh Vijaykumar   ⁵ , PhD ;   Till Bärnighausen   ^{1, 6, 7} , MD ;   Nicola O’Brien   ⁵ , PhD

¹ Heidelberg Institute of Global Health, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany

² School of Business, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom

³ Walton Library, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

⁴ School of Computing, Engineering and Digital Technologies, Teesside University, Middlesbrough, United Kingdom

⁵ School of Psychology, Faculty of Health and Wellbeing, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

⁶ Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, MA, United States

⁷ Africa Health Research Institute, Somkhele and Durban, South Africa