Effects of the Informed Health Choices podcast on the ability of parents of primary school children in Uganda to assess claims about treatment effects: a randomised controlled trial

The Lancet

Volumn 390, Issue 10092, 2017, Pages 389-398

  Semakula, Daniel ^a,c   Nsangi, Allen ^a,c   Oxman, Andrew D ^b   Oxman, Matt ^b   Austvoll Dahlgren, Astrid ^b   Rosenbaum, Sarah ^b   Morelli, Angela ^b,d   Glenton, Claire ^b   Lewin, Simon ^b,e   Kaseje, Margaret ^f   Chalmers, Iain ^g   Fretheim, Atle ^b,c   Kristoffersen, Doris Tove ^b   Sewankambo, Nelson K ^a  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^d Infodesignlab   (Norway)

^e SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^f GREAT LAKES UNIVERSITY OF KISUMU   (Kenya)

^g James Lind Initiative   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; COMMUNITY COLLEGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNDING; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MULTIPLE CHOICE TEST; PARENT; PODCAST; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UGANDA; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH EDUCATION; INFORMATION SERVICE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; THERAPY; WEBCAST;

ADULT; CHILD; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFORMATION SERVICES; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PARENTS; THERAPEUTICS; UGANDA; WEBCASTS AS TOPIC;

EID: 85019858435     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(17)31225-4     Document Type: Article

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