Learning new tricks: An assessment of novel versus traditional patient counseling strategies

A Review of Hip Hop-Based Interventions for Health Literacy, Health Behaviors, and Mental Health

“…Six studies focused on improving youth understanding of diseases and medication [32, 48–52] (Table 1). Five studies took place in an elementary school setting and one in a university (see Table 1).…”

“…In four studies, the authors collected data from students between ages 8 and 12 [32, 48, 49, 51] and in one study data was collected from parents of children aged 9 to 12 [50]. In the final study, data was collected from college students aged 18 to 51 [52]. The sample sizes of the studies with elementary students ranged from 75 to 582 [32, 48, 49, 51].…”

“…The study with parents of elementary students had a sample size of 71 [50]. The study with college students had 50 participants [52]. All interventions that were delivered in elementary schools included students that were majority African-American and Latino (Ware [52] did not report race or ethnicity).…”

“…The study with college students had 50 participants [52]. All interventions that were delivered in elementary schools included students that were majority African-American and Latino (Ware [52] did not report race or ethnicity). Five studies used a one-group pre-post-test design [32, 48–51] and one study used a randomized controlled trial [52].…”

“…The aim of this study was to determine if a Coumadin rap song could improve students’ ability to comprehend complex medication regimens. The CRS involves two pharmacists rapping about 16 educational points ranging from food-drug interactions to pharmacokinetics [52]. Participants in the control group received the same information formatted in a scripted 4-min counseling session [52].…”