Designing Printed Educational Materials about Healthy Habits Related to Coronavirus

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Demonstrator, Community Health Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, Mansoura University

2 Professor,, Community Health Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, Mansoura University

3 Lecturer, Community Health Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, Mansoura University

Abstract

Background: Coronavirus disease is a recent global health threat and a public health emergency of international
concern. Printed Educational Materials (PEMs) is considered one of the main methods for health education that are
widely used to increase awareness among low health litreracy population. Aim: To design PEMs about healthy habits
related to Coronavirus. Method: Cross-sectional study design and Delphi method were used throughout this study. Nonprobability
sampling techniques were used to recruit study participants. The study was conducted at Faculty of Nursing,
Mansoura University in addition to 17 primary health care settings at Mansoura district. The sample size was 15
professional experts and 16 academic staff from Faculty of Nursing, Mansoura University. In addition to 17 health
educators and 136 low health literacy population from the selected settings. The researchers used six tools for
preliminary assessment, Delphi survey and designed PEMs evaluation. The researchers developed all the tools except
tool six adopted from (Heyne, 2017). Results: All Delphi survey panels achieved concensus with at least 75% agreement
regarding all designing principles of both booklet and pamphlet with positive correlation implied consistent validity of
the quality score of the designed PEMs. Conclusion: The researchers concluded that incorporating both professional
experts and PEMs users with the low health literacy population preferences in the design process of PEMs provides a
more holistic design. Recommendations: The researchers recommended that conducting health education campaigns
and disseminating the designed PEMs for low health literacy individuals to improve their preventive practices toward
COVID-19.

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Mansoura Nursing Journal
Volume 11, Issue 1
January 2024
Pages 105-118

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