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Editor, Senior Moderator
BMC Prim Care
. 2023 Jan 17;24(1):18.
doi: 10.1186/s12875-023-01979-w.
The effect of peer-to-peer education on health literacy, knowledge, and adherence to COVID-19 protocols in vulnerable adolescents
Alireza Shoghli[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Azam Maleki[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Mohammad Reza Masjedi[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Mohammadreza Bahrami Hessari[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Siavash Khodaei[SUP] 5 [/SUP]
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Abstract
Background: The study was done to examine the effectiveness of peer-to-peer education on increasing health literacy, knowledge s, and observance of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) health prevention protocols in vulnerable adolescents.
Method: The study was a one-group intervention (before and after the intervention) that was performed on 1200 vulnerable adolescents living in varamin. The educational intervention was presented to adolescents in a face-to-face session. In the next step, the adolescents were taught the information received by three members of their families. Data were evaluated using a self-designed questionnaire before, and three months after the intervention. The paired t-test was used to compare scores of health literacy, compliance, and knowledge before and after the intervention at a 0.05 confidence level. The Multiple linear regression model was used to determine the predictive factors of observance of COVID-19 preventive behaviors.
Results: The most of adolescents were in the age group of 14 to 18 years (60%) and most of them were girls (61.5%). The most important source of information about COVID-19 disease was radio and television (59.6%). The results showed that the effectiveness of the intervention in increasing the adolescents' health literacy, knowledge, and adherence to preventive behaviors were 40%, 30%, and 23%, respectively. The effectiveness of the intervention in increasing their families' health literacy and adherence to the protocols were 11% and 20%, respectively (p = 0.001).
Discussion: Involving volunteer adolescents as health ambassadors and transmitting messages and methods of promoting personal protection against COVID-19 epidemics to family members had a significant effect on increasing the knowledge and adherence to the health procedures.
Keywords: COVID-19; Health literacy; Peer influence; Vulnerable populations.
. 2023 Jan 17;24(1):18.
doi: 10.1186/s12875-023-01979-w.
The effect of peer-to-peer education on health literacy, knowledge, and adherence to COVID-19 protocols in vulnerable adolescents
Alireza Shoghli[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Azam Maleki[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Mohammad Reza Masjedi[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Mohammadreza Bahrami Hessari[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Siavash Khodaei[SUP] 5 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 36650437
- DOI: 10.1186/s12875-023-01979-w
Abstract
Background: The study was done to examine the effectiveness of peer-to-peer education on increasing health literacy, knowledge s, and observance of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) health prevention protocols in vulnerable adolescents.
Method: The study was a one-group intervention (before and after the intervention) that was performed on 1200 vulnerable adolescents living in varamin. The educational intervention was presented to adolescents in a face-to-face session. In the next step, the adolescents were taught the information received by three members of their families. Data were evaluated using a self-designed questionnaire before, and three months after the intervention. The paired t-test was used to compare scores of health literacy, compliance, and knowledge before and after the intervention at a 0.05 confidence level. The Multiple linear regression model was used to determine the predictive factors of observance of COVID-19 preventive behaviors.
Results: The most of adolescents were in the age group of 14 to 18 years (60%) and most of them were girls (61.5%). The most important source of information about COVID-19 disease was radio and television (59.6%). The results showed that the effectiveness of the intervention in increasing the adolescents' health literacy, knowledge, and adherence to preventive behaviors were 40%, 30%, and 23%, respectively. The effectiveness of the intervention in increasing their families' health literacy and adherence to the protocols were 11% and 20%, respectively (p = 0.001).
Discussion: Involving volunteer adolescents as health ambassadors and transmitting messages and methods of promoting personal protection against COVID-19 epidemics to family members had a significant effect on increasing the knowledge and adherence to the health procedures.
Keywords: COVID-19; Health literacy; Peer influence; Vulnerable populations.