The Promotion of Hearing Health through Wikipedia Campaigns: Article Quality and Reach Assessment

Montilha, Alexandre Alberto Pascotto; Morata, Thais Catalani; Flor, Daiana Ávila; Machado, Maria Aparecida Andrade Moreira; Menegon, Fabrício Augusto; Zucki, Fernanda

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“…Within speech and language therapy, the audiology area promotes hearing health and the prevention, evaluation, diagnosis, intervention, and monitoring of pathologies related to hearing [22]. In audiology, one of the relevant aspects is audiometry, a delicate and precise procedure that must be applied with expertise by the professional [23].…”

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Sustainable Health Education Simulator Using Open-Source Technology

Oyarzún-Diaz,

Orellana-Cortés,

Segura

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The information society has transformed human life. Technology is almost everywhere, including health and education. For example, years ago, speech and language therapy major students required a long time and high-cost equipment to develop healthcare competencies regarding the auditory and vestibular systems. The high cost of the equipment permitted its practical use only in classes, hindering students’ autonomy in developing those competencies. That situation was a real issue, even more in pandemic times where online education was essential. This article describes SAEF, an open-source software simulator for autonomously developing procedural audiology therapy competencies, user acceptance of this tool, and the validity of experiments and results. A great feature of SAEF is the immediate feedback and performance results delivered. A great achievement is the obtained results of students for its validity and its acceptability among speech and language therapy educators. Those results invite authors to continue developing free-access simulator software solutions in other health education contexts. SAEF was developed using open-source technology to facilitate its accessibility, classification, and sustainability.

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Sustainable Health Education Simulator Using Open-Source Technology

Oyarzún-Diaz,

Orellana-Cortés,

Segura

et al. 2023

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Strategies for crowdsourcing hearing health information: a comparative study of educational programs and volunteer-based campaigns on Wikimedia

Morata,

Zucki,

Arrigo

et al. 2024

BMC Public Health

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Background Several health institutions developed strategies to improve health content on Wikimedia platforms given their unparalleled reach. The objective of this study was to compare an online volunteer-based Wikimedia outreach campaign with university course Wikipedia assignments (both focused on improving hearing health content in Wikimedia’s public digital knowledge archives), in terms of the reach of the contributions and the extent of the participants’ input. A secondary objective was to examine the feasibility and the implementation of the different strategies. Methods The research team partnered for the (1) coordination of improvements in hearing and healthcare content through educational programs using Wikimedia platforms, (2) participation in the global campaign Wiki4WorldHearingDay2023 and (3) evaluation of the proposed strategies. Metrics used in the comparison of the two strategies included the number of articles edited, number of views of the edited articles (as reach) and the extent of edits, captured as the number of words. The feasibility evaluation included assessing recruitment success and the implementation of the proposed plan among faculty, students from various university programs, and volunteers representing different constituencies. Results The effort increased the availability of quality plain language information on hearing conditions and hearing care. Both strategies demonstrated to be feasible by their success in recruiting participants who contributed to the effort and by measurable outputs as edits. The contribution of content to Wikimedia platforms as part of education activities provided a more robust result. Wiki4WorldHearingDay2023 145 participants (78 from educational programs) contributed 167,000 words, 258 + references and 140 images to 322 Wikipedia articles (283 existing and 39 new ones), which were viewed 16.5 million times. Contributions occurred in six languages. Edits in Portuguese, mainly by those involved in educational programs, led the number of articles (226 or 70.2%) that were expanded or created during the 5-month tracking period. Conclusions The elements that contributed to the success of the studied strategies include an impact topic, coordination with educational programs, international multidisciplinary collaborations, the dissemination of the initiative in several platforms, connection with a robust local Wikimedia affiliate, and the use of a technical infrastructure that provides metrics and coordination mechanisms. Graphical abstract

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Sustainable Health Education Simulator Using Open-Source Technology

Oyarzún-Díaz¹,

Orellana²,

Segura³

et al. 2023

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The information society has transformed human life. Technology is almost everywhere, including health and education. For example, years ago, speech and language therapy students required a long time and high-cost equipment to develop healthcare of the auditory and vestibular systems competencies. The high cost of the equipment permitted its practical use only in classes, hindering students’ autonomy in developing those competencies. That situation was a real issue, even more in times of pandemic where online education was essential. This article describes SAEF, an open-source software simulator for autonomously developing procedural audiology therapy competencies, user acceptance, and the validity of experiments and results. SAEF delivers immediate feedback and performance results. Obtained results permit validating students’ and educators’ acceptability of SAEF in audiology therapy education. Obtained results invite authors to continue developing simulator software solutions in other health education contexts. SAEF was developed using open-source technology to facilitate its accessibility, classification, and sustainability.

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The Promotion of Hearing Health through Wikipedia Campaigns: Article Quality and Reach Assessment

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Sustainable Health Education Simulator Using Open-Source Technology

Sustainable Health Education Simulator Using Open-Source Technology

Strategies for crowdsourcing hearing health information: a comparative study of educational programs and volunteer-based campaigns on Wikimedia

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