Nourishing Healthcare Information over Facebook

Adzharuddin, Nor Azura; Ramly, Norazmie Mohd

doi:10.1016/j.sbspro.2015.01.384

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“…The programme, however, accounted 9% of the total change in knowledge which may be attributable to the multifactorial nature of knowledge on hypertension. Respondents may have received other information about hypertension from other sources such as media (i.e., radio and television), social media (i.e., Facebook; Adzharuddin & Ramly, ), family and peers, and other healthcare professionals in the local community (Akter et al, ).…”

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Effectiveness of a community‐based health programme on the blood pressure control, adherence and knowledge of adults with hypertension: A PRECEDE‐PROCEED model approach

Calano

Cacal

Cal

et al. 2019

Journal of Clinical Nursing

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Aims and Objectives To determine the effectiveness of a community‐based health programme grounded on the PRECEDE‐PROCEED model, on the knowledge, adherence and blood pressure control of community‐dwelling adults with hypertension. Background Hypertension has consistently been a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in different countries and has continuously increased in prevalence. Albeit manageable with lifestyle modification and anti‐hypertensive medications, adequate knowledge and poor adherence to these treatment regimens are issues that have led to poor blood pressure control. Design Quasi‐experimental, one‐group pretest–post‐test design. Methods The PRECEDE‐PROCEED model was used to develop and evaluate the effectiveness of the community‐based health programme. From August to October 2017, a total of 50 community‐dwelling adults with hypertension participated in the programme which included blood pressure monitoring, targeted health educations, motivational interviews, individualised lifestyle modification plans and house‐to‐house visits. Knowledge, adherence and blood pressure were assessed at the start and at the end of the 2‐month programme. Gathered data were analysed using descriptive statistics and RM‐MANOVA. The TREND checklist was followed in reporting this study (See Appendix S1). Results After 2 months, the mean adherence, systolic blood pressure and diastolic blood pressure significantly improved, attributing more than 25% of the change. Although knowledge scores were significantly higher after the programme, it only accounted 9% of the improvement. Conclusion This study provides evidence on the effectiveness of a community‐based health programme grounded on the PRECEDE‐PROCEED model on the knowledge, adherence and blood pressure control of community‐dwelling adults with hypertension. Relevance to Clinical Practice The community‐based health programme is beneficial to community‐dwelling adults with hypertension in promoting knowledge and adherence to treatment regimen and improving BP control. This study also provides a framework for developing new or enhancing existing programmes on hypertension in the Philippines.

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Effectiveness of a community‐based health programme on the blood pressure control, adherence and knowledge of adults with hypertension: A PRECEDE‐PROCEED model approach

Calano

Cacal

Cal

et al. 2019

Journal of Clinical Nursing

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“…WeChat is one of the most popular social media platforms worldwide, with more than 0.54 billion users in more than 200 countries. Just as with other popular social networks, WeChat offers a free instant messaging application for smartphones that enables the exchange of voice, text, pictures, videos, and location information via mobile phone indexes [24, 42–44]. The present study is based on a new functional module of WeChat called WeChat official accounts, which can be freely acquired and used by companies to disseminate information and for internal communications.…”

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Using WeChat official accounts to improve malaria health literacy among Chinese expatriates in Niger: an intervention study

Han

Guo

et al. 2016

Malar J

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BackgroundMalaria is the main health risk for Chinese expatriates working in Niger. Health education is a recommended intervention for prevention of malaria among non-immune travellers and expatriate workers. It is urgent to develop an effective and feasible way for these populations to obtain information about the prevention and treatment of malaria.MethodsAn individually randomized, unblinded, controlled trial was used to evaluate the effectiveness of using WeChat official accounts for health education to improve malaria health literacy among Chinese expatriates in Niger. A total 1441 participants completed a baseline malaria health literacy questionnaire and were randomly assigned to an intervention or comparison group in a ratio of 1:1. From July to October 2014, 50 malaria prevention and treatment messages were sent to the intervention group; 50 health news messages were concurrently sent to the control group. Both groups completed the malaria health literacy questionnaire again 4 months after the start of the education intervention. A questionnaire addressing satisfaction with the health education programme was completed by the intervention group. Malaria morbidity data for 2013 and 2014 were also collected.ResultsAt baseline, participant health literacy rates were 58.29, 62, 54, and 34% for skills, knowledge, practice, and attitude, respectively. After the intervention, rates for all four aspects of malaria literacy were above 70%. There was greater change in knowledge, attitude, practice, skills, and overall health literacy among the intervention group compared with the controls, with a statistically significant difference (p < 0.01). This was especially true for acquisition of malaria-related knowledge, practice and attitude; comprehensive intervention practices; and, correct use of rapid diagnostic tests (p < 0.001). The reported malaria morbidity during the study period decreased from 23.72 to 15.40%. Participants reported high levels of satisfaction with the WeChat health education programme with over 80% stating that they would continue to follow the programme.ConclusionsThe present health education intervention, via a WeChat official account, for the prevention and treatment of malaria among non-immune travellers and expatriate workers proved to be an effective, sustainable, feasible, and well accepted strategy for improving malaria health literacy among Chinese expatriates in Niger.

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“…Also, posters included the most probable causes of traffic accidents in Ecuador in 2018 [32] (See table 1). It created the posters for all the days of the experiment that lasted 92 days based on the detected best features and the principal accident causes.…”

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“…between students who used Facebook in their academic activities and others who did not, Facebook users reported studying fewer hours per week than non-users [28]. It used Facebook in several areas, such as improve English skills [29], awareness about climate change [30], engage water customers [31], healthcare information [32], among others.…”

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Promoting road safety education in young adults with Facebook: a mini-case study in engineering university students in Ecuador

Ramírez¹,

Peralta-Torres²,

Trujillo-Salazar³

2020

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The road safety education is essential to reduce road traffic deaths. In this context, this research analyzes whether, through Facebook posts, young adults increase their knowledge of road safety. Twenty-five university students from Ecuador, between 21 and 27 years old, were selected as test subjects. It created a Facebook page where it posted two daily publications (informative and comic). All participants had to interact with their content for approximately four months. Students answered two tests to assess their knowledge of road safety and a survey about the web page. It used qualitative and quantitative approaches to analyze the collected data. As a result, Facebook significantly improved road safety knowledge. The young people agreed with its use in an academic context. This methodology could apply to other fields, given its simplicity and practicality, which can quickly reach a lot of people.

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Nourishing Healthcare Information over Facebook

Cited by 18 publications

References 7 publications

Effectiveness of a community‐based health programme on the blood pressure control, adherence and knowledge of adults with hypertension: A PRECEDE‐PROCEED model approach

Effectiveness of a community‐based health programme on the blood pressure control, adherence and knowledge of adults with hypertension: A PRECEDE‐PROCEED model approach

Using WeChat official accounts to improve malaria health literacy among Chinese expatriates in Niger: an intervention study

Promoting road safety education in young adults with Facebook: a mini-case study in engineering university students in Ecuador

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