1. Co-Creation of Massive Open Online Courses to Improve Digital Health Literacy in Pregnant and Lactating Women.
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Álvarez-Pérez Y, Perestelo-Pérez L, Rivero-Santanta A, Torres-Castaño A, Toledo-Chávarri A, Duarte-Díaz A, Mahtani-Chugani V, Marrero-Díaz MD, Montanari A, Tangerini S, González-González C, Perello M, Serrano-Aguilar P, and On Behalf Of The Ic-Health Project Consortium
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- Female, Health Personnel, Humans, Lactation, Pregnancy, Education, Distance methods, Health Literacy
- Abstract
Background: Digital health literacy (DHL) increases the self-efficacy and empowerment of pregnant and lactating women (PLW) in using the Internet for health issues. The European project IC-Health aimed to improve DHL among PLW, through the co-creation of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs)., Methods: The co-creation of the MOOCs included focus groups and the creation of communities of practice (CoPs) with PLW and healthcare professionals aimed to co-design the MOOCs. The quantitative measures of MOOCs' acceptability, experience in the co-creation process and increase in DHL (dimensions of finding, understanding and appraisal) were assessed., Results: 17 PLW participated in focus groups, 113 participants were included in CoPs and 68 participants evaluated the acceptability of MOOCs. A total of 6 MOOCs aimed at improving PLW's DHL were co-designed. There was a significant improvement in self-perceived DHL after using MOOCs ( p -value < 0.001). The acceptability of MOOCs and co-creation experience were positively valued., Conclusions: The preliminary results of the quantitative assessment showed a higher self-perceived DHL after the IC-Health MOOCs. These results suggest that IC-Health MOOCs and the co-creation methodology appear to be a viable process to carry out an intervention aimed to improve DHL levels in European PLW.
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- 2022
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