Using Animation as an Information Tool to Advance HealthResearch Literacy among Minority Participants

AMIA 2013 Annual Symposium

Sheba George ; Ph.D ; 1 ; 2Erin Moran ; Ph.D ; 1Nelida Duran ; M.S. ; 2Robert A Jenders ; MD ; MS ; FACP ; FACMI 1 ; 31

PID  :  122636

来源: CEUR

【 摘 要 】

Lack of adequate consumer health information about clinical research contributes to health disparities among lowhealth literate minority multicultural populations and requires appropriate methods for making informationaccessible. Enhancing understanding of health research can enable such minority multicultural consumers to makeinformed, active decisions about their own health and research participation. This qualitative study examines theeffectiveness and acceptability of an animated video to enhance what we call health research literacy amongminority multicultural populations. A team analyzed the transcripts of 58 focus groups of African Americans,Latinos, Native Hawaiians, and Filipinos in Los Angeles/Hawaii. Participants were accepting of animation and thevideo’s cultural appropriateness. Communicating information about health research via animation improvedparticipants’ ability to identify personal informationgaps, engage in meaningful communitylevel dialogue, and ask