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Title Development and Implementation of a Health Literacy Team-based E-learning Program for Community Health Professionals |
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Type Poster Presentation Only |
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Theme Global Health Literacy Summit 2021 |
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Topic Health literacy in professional training and performance (incl Medical / Health Professions Schools, Occupational therapy etc.) |
Authors
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Main Author Mei-Chuan Chang1 |
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Presenting Author Mei-Chuan Chang1 |
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Co-Author Ying-Wei Wang2 3 Shu-Li Chia4 Jyh-Gang Hsieh2 3 Mi-Hsiu Wei5 Chuan-Hsiu Tsai1 Jui-Hung Yu6 Chiung-Dan Chang4 Chun-Hsiang Chen1 |
Authors' Institution
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Department / Institution / Country Department of Nursing / Tzu Chi University / Taiwan (台灣)1 Department of Family Medicine / Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital / Taiwan (台灣)2 Department of Medicine / Tzu Chi University / Taiwan (台灣)3 Ministry of Health and Welfare / Health Promotion Administration / Taiwan (台灣)4 Department of Communication Studies / Tzu Chi University / Taiwan (台灣)5 Department of Public Health / Tzu Chi University / Taiwan (台灣)6 |
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Abstract Content (abstracts should be written in Size 11 font, Arial font style) Background Low health literacy is a significant problem in today’s society. A crucial strategy towards providing health literate services involves building the capacity of health professionals. Efforts to enhance awareness of health literacy concepts in health professional education in Taiwan involves building the competencies of frontline community health professionals.
Methods We developed an interactive, online health literacy training program targeted at community health professionals. Participants were recruited from public health centers with various health-related employment backgrounds. The 4-week training curriculum included pre-recorded informational videos and a 90-minute synchronous, in-person, team-based learning.
Results A total of 15 public health centers and 69 participants completed the training program successfully. Readiness assurance scores means tested 53.9 ~ 61.6 (maximum score: 100) individually, and 75.8 ~ 85.8 (maximum score: 100) as a group. Participants felt they benefited from the intervention. They reported the highest satisfaction with the flexibility of online learning (mean score ranging from 4.12 ±.65 to 4.36 ±.62).
Conclusions Study findings suggest online team-based learning approaches is a feasible method to improve health literacy training for community health professionals. Widespread adoption of the online health literacy training program could strengthen the capacities of the public health workforce to incorporate health literacy concepts in designing health services.
Funding This work was founded by the Health Promotion Administration, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Taiwan, R.O.C. |
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Other Topics Preferences(Maximum of two topics only and please note that the Program Committee reserves the right to decide on the final presentation format.) Implementation online synchronous team-based learning for teaching health literacy for community health professionals |
Requires Audio or Video system for Presentation?: No
