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The Lay Health Educator Program: Evaluating the Impact of this Community Health Initiative on the Medical Education of Resident Physicians.
- Source :
- Journal of Religion & Health; Jun2015, Vol. 54 Issue 3, p1148-1156, 9p, 5 Charts
- Publication Year :
- 2015
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Abstract
- Resident physicians receive little training designed to help them develop an understanding of the health literacy and health concerns of laypersons. The purpose of this study was to assess whether residents improve their understanding of health concerns of community members after participating in the Lay Health Educator Program, a health education program provided through a medical-religious community partnership. The impact was evaluated via pre-post surveys and open-ended responses. There was a statistically significant change in the residents' ( n = 15) understanding of what the public values as important with respect to specific healthcare topics. Findings suggest participation in a brief, formal community engagement activity improved medical residents' confidence with community health education. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- EDUCATION of physicians
HOSPITAL medical staff
ACADEMIC medical centers
CHURCH buildings
CURRICULUM
HEALTH education
HEALTH promotion
INTERNAL medicine
LITERACY
RELIGION & medicine
STUDY & teaching of medicine
PUBLIC relations
SCALE analysis (Psychology)
SURVEYS
T-test (Statistics)
VOCATIONAL guidance
ADULT education workshops
EVALUATION research
HEALTH education teachers
PRE-tests & post-tests
HEALTH literacy
EVALUATION of human services programs
DATA analysis software
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
EDUCATION
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00224197
- Volume :
- 54
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Religion & Health
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 102424693
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-015-0028-3