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COVID-19 Health Misinformation: Using Design-Based Research to Develop a Theoretical Framework for Intervention
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Houlden, Shandell; Veletsianos, George; Hodson, Jaigris; Reid, Darren; Thompson, Christiani P. – Health Education, 2022
Purpose: Because health misinformation pertaining to COVID-19 is a serious threat to public health, the purpose of this study is to develop a framework to guide an online intervention into some of the drivers of health misinformation online. This framework can be iterated upon through the use of design-based research to continue to develop further…
Descriptors: Pandemics, Intervention, Misconceptions, Beliefs
Assessment of Health Education Infographics in Saudi Arabia
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Jahan, Saulat; Al-Saigul, Abdullah Mohammed; Alharbi, Ali Mousa – Health Education Journal, 2021
Objective: To evaluate the health education infographics posted on Twitter accounts by major health care institutions in Saudi Arabia. Method: Cross-sectional review of health education infographics using a semi-structured evaluation form. The scoring rubric included 10 criteria grouped under 4 main headings: (1) usefulness, (2) legibility, (3)…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Health Education, Social Media, Information Dissemination
Household Size and Water Availability as Demographic Predictors of Maternal and Child Mortality in Delta State: Implications for Health Education
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Ogbe, Joseph O. – Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 2010
The purpose of this study was to stimulate action to address and identify maternal, child and community needs towards the improvement in health of pregnant women, children and communities. Four null hypotheses were generated from the research questions while multiple regression analysis was used to analyse the data. The study found that household…
Descriptors: Community Needs, Health Education, Well Being, Pregnancy
Medicine Showmen and the Communication of Health Information in Mexico. Occasional Paper #7.
Simoni, Joseph J.; And Others – 1982
This report describes a 1979 study of the effectiveness of "merolicos"--Mexican medicine showmen--in disseminating health-related information to rural and urban populations with varying amounts of education. It is noted that five showmen were chosen and trained to disseminate a multi-part message on the nutrition of infants in six…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Health Education, Hygiene, Infants
AIDS and the Newborn. Report on a WHO Consultation (Copenhagen, Denmark, April 9-10, 1987). Health for All 2000 Target 4.
World Health Organization, Copenhagen (Denmark). Regional Office for Europe. – 1987
Reflecting worldwide concern over the spread of the AIDS epidemic, the Sexuality and Family Planning Unit of the World Health Organization's Regional Office for Europe brought advisors from seven European countries and the United States together to engage in a discussion of AIDS and the newborn, and that consultation forms the basis of this…
Descriptors: Abortions, Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Adoption, Disease Control
How Does Schooling Influence Maternal Health Practices? Evidence from Nepal
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Rowe, Meredith L.; Thapa, Bijaya Kumar; Levine, Robert; Levine, Sarah; Tuladhar, Sumon K. – Comparative Education Review, 2005
Women's schooling is associated with much of the world's improvement in child survival and maternal and child health since 1960. Evidence for these associations is widely interpreted as representing a causal influence of formal education on health. The relationships of variations in female school attendance at the levels of individuals,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mothers, Health Behavior, Educational Attainment