scholarly journals Evidence for Cancer Literacy Knowledge Retention among Kentucky Middle and High School Students after a Brief Educational Intervention

2020 ◽  
Vol 113 (11) ◽  
pp. 541-548
Author(s):  
Lauren Hudson ◽  
Chris Prichard ◽  
L. Todd Weiss ◽  
Nathan L. Vanderford
2020 ◽  
Vol 38 (15_suppl) ◽  
pp. 11008-11008
Author(s):  
Lauren Hudson ◽  
Chris Prichard ◽  
L. Todd Weiss ◽  
Nathan Vanderford

11008 Background: Kentucky has the highest rates of overall cancer incidence and mortality in the United States and the Appalachian region of the state experiences the highest burden of the disease. Poor health behaviors, poverty, poor health care access, low education levels, and low health literacy drive the cancer disparities in Kentucky. Inadequate health literacy is associated with lower participation in preventive measures, which can increase one’s risk of developing cancer. Increasing cancer literacy among youth represents an opportunity to potentially decrease cancer disparities across Kentucky. In a recent study, we piloted a cancer education intervention in Kentucky middle and high schools to determine if such an intervention could enhance students’ cancer literacy. Through the study, we documented a significant increase in students’ short-term cancer literacy levels (Hudson L. et al. Journal of Cancer Education, in press). Methods: This quantitative survey research study aims to examine the long-term effects of the cancer education intervention on the cancer literacy of Kentucky middle and high school students. An online pretest cancer literacy survey consisting of 10 items was administered to a new set of 164 participants from six new schools, followed by the delivery of a cancer education presentation. Immediately following the presentation, participants took a posttest with identical items to the pretest. A follow-up identical test is being administered 3 months after the initial intervention to determine participants’ longer-term knowledge retention. Results: Replicating our prior work, significant (p < 0.0001) increases in both average and median percent of correctly marked items (average: pretest = 50% versus posttest = 77%; median: pretest = 50% versus posttest = 80%) and scores on each individual question were observed immediately following the intervention. Additionally, the average rating as to how the intervention influenced students considerations toward encouraging a family member or friend to change their habits following the intervention was 8 (1 = extremely unlikely;10 = extremely likely). Conclusions: This work demonstrates an increase in cancer literacy levels after the educational intervention and indicates that the information motivates participants to share cancer prevention information with others. A follow-up survey will measure participants’ longer term knowledge retention levels. These data may suggest that a school-based educational intervention can change behaviors that can lower cancer incidence and mortality rates.


Author(s):  
Lauren Hudson ◽  
Kerrigan M. Samons ◽  
Haley E. Dicken ◽  
Chris Prichard ◽  
L. Todd Weiss ◽  
...  

Author(s):  
Maria Ganczak ◽  
Oskar Pasek ◽  
Łukasz Duda-Duma ◽  
Julia Komorzycka ◽  
Karol Nowak ◽  
...  

To support high school students to develop knowledge they need to adhere to control measures during the pandemic, a peer-based educational intervention on SARS-CoV-2 was developed and its impact was evaluated. Multistage random sampling was used. The 50 min peer-based intervention was conducted by final year medical students. Baseline and post-intervention knowledge and attitudes were assessed. Significance was tested by McNemar’s/Wilcoxon rank tests. Of 518 participants (mean age 17.8 years ± 0.43), 81.0% did not receive any school-based education on SARS-CoV-2. After intervention, the knowledge score improved from 65.2% to 81.6%, attitudes from 63.2% to 70.8% (both p < 0.0001). The effect size after the intervention compared to pre-intervention showed moderate improvement of knowledge, but not attitudes (d = 0.46 and d = 0.18, respectively). Pre- and post-intervention, females, students in non-science programs, living in cities < 250,000 inhabitants had lower knowledge, while fewer males, non-science program students, living in smaller cities presented positive attitudes. Before intervention, 67.0% students correctly named SARS-CoV-2 preventive methods and 73.6% were concerned COVID-19 is a serious disease; these improved after intervention (to 80.1% and 86.3%; p < 0.0001). The intervention was not very successful in increasing the intent to vaccinate for COVID-19 (pre-intervention 52.9%, post-intervention 56.4%; p < 0.007). Peer-based teaching for high school students can be effective in increasing SARS-CoV-2 knowledge and awareness. More efforts are needed to improve attitudes and enhance acceptance of vaccination against COVID-19.


2013 ◽  
Vol 106 (3) ◽  
pp. 224-229 ◽  
Author(s):  
Allison K. Seidel ◽  
Karen E. Schetzina ◽  
Sherry C. Freeman ◽  
Meredith M. Coulter ◽  
Nicole J. Colgrove

2012 ◽  
Vol 9 (5) ◽  
pp. 562-568 ◽  
Author(s):  
Asdrubal Falavigna ◽  
Alisson Roberto Teles ◽  
Maíra Cristina Velho ◽  
Gregory Saraiva Medeiros ◽  
Carolina Travi Canabarro ◽  
...  

Object Trauma is the leading cause of mortality and morbidity in children, young people, and working-age adults. Because of the high incidence of intentional and unintentional injuries in young people, it is necessary to implement injury-prevention programs and measure the efficacy of these initiatives. The authors evaluated the effectiveness of an injury-prevention program in high school students in a city in southern Brazil. Methods In a randomized controlled study, 1049 high school students were divided into a control group and intervention group. The study was conducted in the following 3 stages: a questionnaire was applied 1 week before the educational intervention (P0), shortly after the intervention (P1), and 5 months later (P3). In the control group, a questionnaire based on the Pense Bem Project was applied at the 3 time stages, without any intervention between the stages. Results The postintervention analysis evidenced a slight change in knowledge about unintentional spinal cord and brain injuries. Regarding attitudes, the only significant improvement after the intervention lecture was in the use of helmets, which remained high 5 months later. A substantial number of students only partially agreed with using safety behaviors. The only significant postintervention change was the major agreement to check swimming pool depth before entering the water (P0 89% and P1 97.8%, p < 0.001; P2 92.8%, p = 0.005). Conclusions An educational intervention based on a single lecture improved students' knowledge of traumatic brain and spinal cord injuries, but this type of intervention did not modify most attitudes toward injury prevention. Clinical trial registration no.: U1111-1121-0192.


2017 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
pp. 183-190 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Ganczak ◽  
Peter Barss ◽  
Michal Grivna ◽  
Marcin Korzeń ◽  
Roos Bernsen ◽  
...  

Author(s):  
Maria Pinho Gemaque

ResumoA lógica da pesquisa desenvolvida intercambia vivências dentro do espaço escolar nas aulas de arte com processos de criação, intervenção artística/educativa desenvolvidas na Escola Estadual Raimunda Virgolino, Macapá/AP/Brasil. Trata-se de um trabalho coletivo que envolveu estudantes do Ensino Médio, professoras de Arte e artistas amapaenses. Procurou compreender os enlaces dos processos de criação em arte por meio de ações em performances de alunos e professores. O estudo possui caráter qualitativo por entender as relações entre os indivíduos, e, por isso, de intenção etnográfica, inspirado pela metodologia a/r/tográfica. Esse processo metodológico engendra saberes entre a atividade do professor/artista que investiga e constrói significados sobre a sua prática a partir de experiências artísticas e educativas. Foi produzido um material que se atem a desvelar o processo de criação imerso na pesquisa: um livro de artista contendo quatro conversas interativas, um CD do filme “Viagens Poéticas” e imagens dos processos que se desaguam em mesas de cafés, encontro com teóricos e com as cidades que estão atravessadas nestas conversas pesquisantes. Os fins – e – afins inacabados da investigação consiste em aproximação e diálogos horizontalizados entre alunos e professor, diluir fronteiras entre saberes e fazeres do conhecimento em educação em arte, apropriações percepções artísticas e estéticas em torno da vida dentro do ambiente escolar.AbstractThe logic of the research that was developed exchanges with the experiences within the space of coexistence in the art classes with processes of creation, artistic / educational intervention developed in the State School Raimunda Virgolino, Macapá / AP / Brazil. It is a collective work that involved high school students, art teachers and amapaenses artists. It sought to understand the links of the processes of creation in art through actions in performances of students and teachers. The study has a qualitative character because it understands the relations between individuals, and therefore of ethnographic intention, inspired by the a / r / tographic methodology. This methodological process generates knowledge between the activity of the teacher / artist who investigates and constructs meanings about his practice based on artistic and educational experiences. A material was produced which began to reveal the process of creation immersed in research: an artist’s book containing four interactive talks, a CD of the movie “Poetic Travels” and images of the processes that pour into coffee tables, meeting with theorists and with the cities that are going through these research conversations. The unfinished ends and ends of the research consist of horizontal approximation and dialogues between the students and their teacher, diluting boundaries between knowledge and actions knowledge in art education, appropriation of artistic and aesthetic perceptions around life within of the school environment.


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