A video-assisted health education program sequenced by peer education on the health literacy of COVID-19 and other infectious diseases among school children
| ISRCTN | ISRCTN49297995 |
|---|---|
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN49297995 |
- Submission date
- 13/01/2023
- Registration date
- 24/01/2023
- Last edited
- 09/02/2024
- Recruitment status
- No longer recruiting
- Overall study status
- Completed
- Condition category
- Infections and Infestations
Plain English Summary
Backgrounds and study aim
To improve the engagement and effectiveness of traditional health programs, it is necessary to explore alternative models of health education including video-assisted lectures and peer education. This study aimed to evaluate the effects of a combination of video-assisted lecture and peer education on the health literacy of pupils related to infectious diseases.
Who can participate?
Third-grade students in the 11 schools selected by the Longgang District Bureau of Health
What does the study involve?
Third-grade classes are randomly allocated to the intervention and control groups. In the intervention group, a video-assisted interactive health education program is conducted twice over 5 months. Each of the two sessions includes a 40-minute lecture on COVID-19 and other common infectious diseases in schools and a 5-minute science video. In addition, five “little health supervisors” at the end of the first session are elected in each class, who are responsible for helping class members to learn health knowledge and develop good hygiene habits. Students answer the same quiz before the first and after the second session to score the students’ knowledge of infectious diseases.
What are the possible benefits and risks of participating?
Participants can learn more about infectious diseases. No risk has been found.
Where is the study run from?
Sun Yat-sen University (China)
When is the study starting and how long is it expected to run for?
October 2021 2021 to April 2022
Who is funding the study?
Investigator initiated and funded
Who is the main contact?
Yawen Jiang, jiangyw26@mail.sysu.edu.cn
Contact information
Principal Investigator
Room 533, West Wing of Medical Complex #1
Sun Yat-sen University
66 Gongchang Road
Guangming District
Shenzhen
518107
China
 ORCID ID |
0000-0002-0498-0662 |
|---|---|
| Phone | +86 (0)13632974660 |
| jiangyw26@mail.sysu.edu.cn |
Public
74 Zhongshan 2nd Road
Yuexiu District
Guangzhou
510080
China
| ORCID ID |
0000-0003-2744-9855 |
|---|---|
| Phone | +86 (0)18028040328 |
| zhangxj67@mail2.sysu.edu.cn |
Scientific
74 Zhongshan 2nd Road
Yuexiu District
Guangzhou
510080
China
| Phone | +86 (0)18028040328 |
|---|---|
| zhangxj67@mail2.sysu.edu.cn |
Study information
| Study design | Single-centre interventional unblinded randomized controlled cluster trial |
|---|---|
| Primary study design | Interventional |
| Secondary study design | Randomised controlled trial |
| Study setting(s) | School |
| Study type | Prevention |
| Participant information sheet | Not available in web format, please use contact details to request a participant information sheet |
| Scientific title | The effect of a video-assisted health education program sequenced by peer education on the health literacy of COVID-19 and other infectious diseases among school children: a randomized controlled trial |
| Study hypothesis | This program, anecdotally referred to as the "Little Health Supervisors" project, was anticipated to improve the health literacy of students over an array of infectious diseases. |
| Ethics approval(s) | Approved 24/12/2021, The Biomedical Research Ethics Review Committee, School of Public Health (Shenzhen), Sun Yat-sen University (66 Gongchang Road, Guangming District, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China; +86 (0)755 23260106; wangxsh39@mail.sysu.edu.cn), ref: 056 |
| Condition | Health literacy of pupils related to infectious diseases, including influenza, chickenpox, norovirus diarrhea, and mumps |
| Intervention | As designed by the researchers, the eligible students are assigned to the intervention and control groups using class number as the randomizer. In the intervention group, a video-assisted interactive health education program is conducted twice over a time span of 5 months. Each of the two sessions includes a 40-minute lecture on COVID-19 and other common infectious diseases in schools and a 5-minute science video. In addition, five little health supervisors at the end of the first session are elected in each class, who were responsible for helping class members to learn health knowledge and develop good hygiene habits. No intervention is taken in the control group. |
| Intervention type | Behavioural |
| Primary outcome measure | The health literacy of COVID-19 and other infectious diseases measured using a self-designed questionnaire containing a quiz on COVID-19 and selected infectious diseases. Students answered the same quiz before the first and after the second session. |
| Secondary outcome measures | Vaccination rates against COVID-19 measured using a self-designed questionnaire containing COVID-19 vaccination status before the first and after the second session |
| Overall study start date | 28/10/2021 |
| Overall study end date | 02/04/2022 |
Eligibility
| Participant type(s) | Healthy volunteer |
|---|---|
| Age group | Child |
| Sex | Both |
| Target number of participants | 7 classes, 50 students in each class |
| Total final enrolment | 2526 |
| Participant inclusion criteria | In the first step of sample enrollment, the Longgang District Bureau of Health selected a primary school in each of the eleven subdistricts of this district. Second, all 3rd-grade students in the eleven schools were eligible for participation if they met the following requirements: 1. Not taking a leave of absence from school at the time of enrollment 2. Agreed (or agreed by guardians) to spend time on attending lectures 3. Had access to a computer/tablet/smartphone with internet connection 4. Had sufficient knowledge to use mobile devices or computers (assistance allowed) 5. Able to read and interpret Chinese characters |
| Participant exclusion criteria | Does not meet the exclusion criteria |
| Recruitment start date | 16/11/2021 |
| Recruitment end date | 20/12/2021 |
Locations
Countries of recruitment
- China
Study participating centres
Longgang District
Shenzhen
518111
China
Longgang District
Shenzhen
518115
China
Longgang District
Shenzhen
518129
China
Longgang District
Shenzhen
518117
China
Longgang District
Shenzhen
518115
China
Longgang District
Shenzhen
518115
China
Longgang District
Shenzhen
518112
China
Longgang District
Shenzhen
518109
China
Longgang District
Shenzhen
518116
China
Longgang District
Shenzhen
518172
China
Longgang District
Shenzhen
518112
China
Sponsor information
University/education
66 Gongchang Road
Guangming District
Shenzhen
518107
China
| Phone | +86 (0)755 23260166 |
|---|---|
| szmc@mail.sysu.edu.cn | |
| Website | https://shenzhen.sysu.edu.cn/?ivk_sa=1021577i |
"ROR" |
https://ror.org/0064kty71 |
Funders
Funder type
Other
No information available
Results and Publications
| Intention to publish date | 02/06/2023 |
|---|---|
| Individual participant data (IPD) Intention to share | Yes |
| IPD sharing plan summary | Stored in non-publicly available repository |
| Publication and dissemination plan | Planned publication in a high-impact peer-reviewed journal |
| IPD sharing plan | The datasets generated during and/or analysed during the current study will be stored in a non-publicly available repository (https://www.wjx.cn/). The name of the repository: Sun Yat-sen University RDD platform The type of data stored: Excel (.xlsx) The process for requesting access: the repository requires the author's account and password to log in, and access requests must be approved by the Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology (https://www.most.gov.cn/index.html) as well as all authors of the paper. Dates of availability: forever. Whether consent from participants was required and obtained: consent from participants was required and obtained. |
Study outputs
| Output type | Details | Date created | Date added | Peer reviewed? | Patient-facing? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Results article | 29/01/2024 | 09/02/2024 | Yes | No |
Editorial Notes
09/02/2024: Publication reference added.
17/04/2023: The intention to publish date has been changed from 02/04/2023 to 02/06/2023.
17/01/2023: Trial's existence confirmed by the Biomedical Research Ethics Review Committee.
