Impact of an educational comic book on epilepsy-related knowledge, awareness, and attitudes among school children in Ethiopia

Epilepsy misconceptions and stigma reduction interventions in sub-Saharan Africa, a systematic review

“…One study in Ethiopia developed an educational comic book on epilepsy-related knowledge, awareness and attitudes among high school students aged 16years and above. The knowledge, attitudes and awareness significantly changed after reading the comic book for majority of the questions assessed (40).…”

“…There were only two interventions in this review, hence it is still not clear how best to reduce stigmatizing attitudes towards epilepsy in the general SSA population (27, 40). In one study, the intervention used didactic and fairly labor-intensive approaches that would likely not be practical and scalable for the general population (27).…”

The potential of comics in science communication

“…When compared to traditional text-based material, comics appear to significantly improve understanding and recollection of medical conditions [Diamond et al, 2016;Tekle-Haimanot et al, 2016], compliance with medical instructions [Delp and Jones, 1996;Tjiam et al, 2013], promote informed consent [Furuno and Sasajima, 2015;Kraft et al, 2016], facilitate interactions between patients and doctors [Anderson, Wescom and Carlos, 2016] and between patients and their communities [McNicol, 2014;McNicol, 2017], and generally improve community engagement with medical issues [Leung et al, 2014;Wang, Acevedo and Sadler, 2017]. However, the health-related information presented in these comics clearly has a different emotional value than generic scientific knowledge.…”

Penyuluhan Kesehatan untuk Pencegahan dan Risiko Penyakit DBD dalam Manga dan Infografis

“…Sebaliknya pada kelompok kontrol tidak berbeda nyata (p-value > 0.05). Hasil penelitian ini relevan dengan penelitian sebelumnya yang menyatakan komik mampu meningkatkan pengetahuan tentang risiko penyakit (Montgomery et al, 2012;Mayo, 2011;Sakamoto et al, 2014;Tekle-Haimanot et al, 2016) dan perubahan sikap (Tekle-Haimanot et al, 2016;Branscum et al, 2013). Pernyataan ini juga diperkuat hasil penelitian Sakamoto et al (2014) tentang fungsi manga sebagai alat pembelajaran efektif dalam meningkatkan pengetahuan dan kesadaran tentang tanda-tanda penyakit serta risiko kesehatan dengan disertai pembelajaran oleh guru pada siswa SD serta hasil penelitian Ohyama et al (2015) dengan menggunakan media yang sama tetapi tanpa disertai dengan pembelajaran oleh guru pada siswa SMP.…”

“…Hal yang menarik dari penelitian sebelumnya adalah dari sepuluh penelitian tentang komik manga kesehatan (Wakane et al, 2007;Leung, 2010;Leung et al, 2014;Matsuoka et al, 2011;Mutonyi dan Kendrick, 2011;Sakamoto et al, 2014;Ohyama et al, 2015;Furuno dan Sasajima, 2015;Tekle-Haimanot et al, 2016), hanya ada 4 penelitian tentang efek visual terhadap pemahaman informasi risiko kesehatan (Sakamoto et al, 2014;Ohyama et al, 2015;Furuno dan Sasajima, 2015;Tekle-Haimanot et al, 2016), tetapi belum meneliti lebih lanjut tentang pengaruh manga melalui pendekatan komunikasi risiko kesehatan. Pentingnya pendekatan komunikasi risiko dua arah telah dibuktikan dalam penelitian sebelumnya bagi perubahan perilaku kesehatan positif.…”