Title
Learning to make informed health choices: Protocol for a pilot study in schools in Barcelona
Date Issued
01 January 2020
Access level
open access
Resource Type
research article
Author(s)
Martínez García L.
Alonso-Coello P.
Asso Ministral L.
Ballesté-Delpierre C.
de Britos C.
Fernández Rodríguez A.
Gallego Iborra A.
Leo Rosas V.
Llaquet P.
Niño de Guzmán Quispe E.P.
Pérez-Gaxiola G.
Requeijo C.
Salas-Gama K.
Samsó Jofra L.
Terres J.
Urreta I.
Rosenbaum S.
Publisher(s)
F1000 Research Ltd
Abstract
Introduction: The Informed Health Choices (IHC) project has developed learning resources to teach primary school children (10 to 12-year-olds) to assess treatment claims and make informed health choices. The aim of our study is to explore both the students' and teachers' experience when using these resources in the context of Barcelona (Spain). Methods: During the 2019-2020 school year, we will conduct a pilot study with 4 th and 5 th-year primary school students (9 to 11-year-olds) from three schools in Barcelona. The intervention in the schools will include: 1) assessment of the IHC resources by the teachers before the lessons, 2) non-participatory observations during the lessons, 3) semi-structured interviews with the students after a lesson, 4) assessment of the lessons by the teachers after a lesson, 5) treatment claim assessment by the students at the end of the lessons, and 6) assessment of the IHC resources by the teachers at the end of the lessons. We will use ad hoc questionnaires and guides to register the data. We will perform a quantitative and qualitative analysis of the data to explore understandability, desirability, suitability, usefulness, facilitators and barriers of the resources. The most relevant results will be discussed and some recommendations on how to use, how to adapt (if needed), and how to implement the IHC resources to this context will be agreed. The findings of the contextualization activities could inform the design of a cluster-randomised trial, to determine the effectiveness of the IHC resources in this context prior to scaling-up its use. Ethical considerations: The study protocol has obtained an approval exemption from the Ethics Committee of the Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau (Barcelona, Spain).
Volume
8
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Pediatría Salud pública, Salud ambiental
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85086148207
PubMed ID
Source
F1000Research
Resource of which it is part
F1000Research
ISSN of the container
20461402
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