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).
Highlights
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
E valuate the ability of the students to assess treatment claims and make informed health choices after using the IHC resources in this context
We will identify researchers from CIBER of Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBERESP) and expert colleagues; teachers, student representatives, and family representatives from selected schools; paediatricians from Asociación Española de Pediatría de Atención Primaria (AEPap); education and health stakeholders from Catalan Education and Health Departments; and translators who participated in the IHC resources translation into Spanish
Summary
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. The IHC Working Group has developed several resources to help people understand the differences between trustworthy and untrustworthy health claims, and how to use reliable information to make informed health choices[8]. Using the principles of a spiral curriculum, the IHC Working Group has compiled a list of concepts that individuals need to understand and apply when assessing claims about treatment effects and making health choices[3,15].
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