Technology-embedded health education on nutrition for middle-aged and older adults living in the community
| Autor: | Su E. Kuo, Dai Chan Lin, Ching Ju Chiu |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Gerontology media_common.quotation_subject Nutrition Education Psychological intervention Qualitative property 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Humans Learning Mobile technology 030212 general & internal medicine Young adult Health Education Qualitative Research Aged media_common Internet 030505 public health Consumer Health Information business.industry Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Middle Aged Mobile Applications Self Efficacy Feeling Female Health education The Internet Independent Living Diet Healthy 0305 other medical science Psychology business Computer-Assisted Instruction |
| Zdroj: | Global Health Promotion. 26:80-87 |
| ISSN: | 1757-9767 1757-9759 |
| Popis: | Mobile technology provides young adults important support for self-directed learning, but whether there is related support for older adults is not clear. This study aims to determine whether 1) nutrition education combined with mobile technology-supported teaching improves knowledge of and self-efficacy for a healthy diet; 2) if adults who reported reviewing the electronic course material or searching health information online, showed significantly greater progress in knowledge of and self-efficacy for a healthy diet than did those who did not adopt the electronic support. A total of 35 middle-aged and older adults were recruited from the community. Enrollees who were unable to read, who participated in the course fewer than five times, who did not take the post-test, or who did not return complete questionnaires at the pre-test were excluded. Overall, 21 participants were finally analyzed, and 14 participated in the qualitative investigation. The study interventions included three traditional nutrition lectures and three touch-screen tablet computer lessons to access the Internet and nutrition applications. Structured and semi-structured questionnaires were used to collect both quantitative and qualitative data and record participants’ Internet use conditions at home. Participants’ nutrition knowledge significantly improved (meanpost-pre = 1.19, p = 0.001) and their self-efficacy about a healthy diet showed marginal improvement (meanpost-pre = 0.22, p = 0.07). Nutrition knowledge was positively correlated with their intensity of surfing the Internet ( r = 0.46, p < 0.05), or reviewing the electronic course material ( r = 0.48, p < 0.05) but not correlated with reviewing paper course material ( r = 0.19, p = 0.09). Qualitative results showed that participants reported feeling freshness, joyfulness, and great achievement because of the combined course material. Technology-supported learning combined with traditional health education might provide great opportunities for positive behavioral change, even in older adults without any previous Internet experience. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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