Principal Librarian, Users Services, E. Latunde Odeku Medical Library, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria,
Professor, Department of Health Promotion and Education, Faculty of Public Health, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria,
J Med Libr Assoc. 2019 Apr;107(2):194-202. doi: 10.5195/jmla.2019.536. Epub 2019 Apr 1.
This project evaluated the outcomes of training high school students to deliver consumer health information to their peers.
A total of 120 students selected from 7 high schools in Oyo state, Nigeria, received 8 hours of training on consumer health literacy and peer education, which is a process of training volunteers to deliver health information to their peers. The training included hands-on activities using the students' own mobile phones. After the training, peer educators distributed leaflets, showed consumer health information (CHI) websites to others, counseled and referred fellow students, and submitted forms describing these activities. All peer educators completed pre- and post-tests, and 10 were interviewed 4 months after training.
After the training, the authors found improvement in the trainees' knowledge of CHI resources and understanding of their roles as peer educators. Most peer educators (72.5%) delivered CHI to their peers after the training, primarily through sharing websites on teen health and other CHI resources. In the interviews, all peer educators reported direct benefits from participating in the project, and many stated that they knew where to find reliable health information.
Volunteer high school students can be trained to deliver CHI to their peers using mobile phones.
本项目评估了培训高中生向同龄人传播消费者健康信息的效果。
从尼日利亚奥约州的 7 所高中中挑选了 120 名学生，对他们进行了 8 小时的消费者健康素养和同伴教育培训，这是一种培训志愿者向同伴传播健康信息的过程。培训包括使用学生自己的手机进行实践活动。培训结束后，同伴教育者分发传单，向其他人展示消费者健康信息（CHI）网站，对同学进行咨询和转介，并提交描述这些活动的表格。所有同伴教育者都完成了前测和后测，其中 10 人在培训 4 个月后接受了采访。
培训后，作者发现受训者对 CHI 资源的知识和对其作为同伴教育者角色的理解有所提高。大多数同伴教育者（72.5%）在培训后向同龄人传播 CHI，主要是通过分享青少年健康和其他 CHI 资源的网站。在采访中，所有的同伴教育者都报告了参与该项目的直接收益，许多人表示他们知道在哪里可以找到可靠的健康信息。
可以培训志愿者高中生使用手机向同龄人传播 CHI。
