TY - JOUR
T1 - Evaluating the Appropriateness of Podcasts to Improve the Knowledge and Awareness of Selected Health Topics Among Undergraduate General Nursing Students
T2 - Protocol for an International Feasibility Study
AU - Denny, Alanna
AU - Curtin, Brian
AU - Taylor-Robinson, Simon
AU - Chirambo, Griphin Baxter
AU - Cilliers, Liezel
AU - Wu, Tsung Shu Joseph
AU - O'Meara, Ciara
AU - Booth, Richard
AU - O'Donoghue, John
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© Alanna Denny, Brian Curtin, Simon Taylor-Robinson, Griphin Baxter Chirambo, Liezel Cilliers, Tsung-Shu Joseph Wu, Ciara O'Meara, Richard Booth, John O'Donoghue.
PY - 2024/1
Y1 - 2024/1
N2 - Background: Podcasts have proven to be a successful alternative source of educational material for students. Given the ability to listen to podcasts 24/7 and while on the go, this technology has the potential to provide informative and educational material to a large number of people at any given time. Podcasts are usually freely available on commonly used mobile devices, such as smartphones, laptops, and tablets. Objective: This paper describes the impact of health-related podcasts as an intervention tool to support the knowledge and awareness of nursing students on a given topic. Methods: Pre- and postpodcast questionnaires will gather data regarding the participants’ knowledge and awareness of two topics—gestational diabetes and mental health. This intervention will be tested on general nursing undergraduate students. The total number of students (N=2395) from the participating universities are broken down as follows: (1) University College Cork (n=850) and the University of Galway (n=450) in Ireland, (2) Mzuzu University in Malawi (n=719), and (3) University of Fort Hare in South Africa (n=376). Results: The study received ethical approval from the University College Cork Ethics Committee (2022-027A1). The approval obtained from University College Cork sufficed as ethics coverage for the University of Galway in Ireland. Ethics approval was also received from the Mzuzu University Research Ethics Committee (ID MZUNIREC/DOR/23/28) and the Inter-Faculty Research Ethics Committee of the University of Fort Hare (ID CIL002-21). Data collection is currently underway and will continue until the end of February 2024. The quantitative and qualitative data are expected to be analyzed in March 2024. Conclusions: Results from this study will allow for an investigation into the impact of podcasts in different settings: a high-income country (Ireland), an upper-middle–income country (South Africa), and a low-to-middle–income country (Malawi). The data gathered from this feasibility study will provide more clarity on the potential utility of podcasts as an intervention tool. We will gather data regarding listener demographics (eg, country of residence, age, gender, and year of study).
AB - Background: Podcasts have proven to be a successful alternative source of educational material for students. Given the ability to listen to podcasts 24/7 and while on the go, this technology has the potential to provide informative and educational material to a large number of people at any given time. Podcasts are usually freely available on commonly used mobile devices, such as smartphones, laptops, and tablets. Objective: This paper describes the impact of health-related podcasts as an intervention tool to support the knowledge and awareness of nursing students on a given topic. Methods: Pre- and postpodcast questionnaires will gather data regarding the participants’ knowledge and awareness of two topics—gestational diabetes and mental health. This intervention will be tested on general nursing undergraduate students. The total number of students (N=2395) from the participating universities are broken down as follows: (1) University College Cork (n=850) and the University of Galway (n=450) in Ireland, (2) Mzuzu University in Malawi (n=719), and (3) University of Fort Hare in South Africa (n=376). Results: The study received ethical approval from the University College Cork Ethics Committee (2022-027A1). The approval obtained from University College Cork sufficed as ethics coverage for the University of Galway in Ireland. Ethics approval was also received from the Mzuzu University Research Ethics Committee (ID MZUNIREC/DOR/23/28) and the Inter-Faculty Research Ethics Committee of the University of Fort Hare (ID CIL002-21). Data collection is currently underway and will continue until the end of February 2024. The quantitative and qualitative data are expected to be analyzed in March 2024. Conclusions: Results from this study will allow for an investigation into the impact of podcasts in different settings: a high-income country (Ireland), an upper-middle–income country (South Africa), and a low-to-middle–income country (Malawi). The data gathered from this feasibility study will provide more clarity on the potential utility of podcasts as an intervention tool. We will gather data regarding listener demographics (eg, country of residence, age, gender, and year of study).
KW - gestational diabetes
KW - health
KW - knowledge
KW - mental health
KW - nursing student
KW - podcast
KW - podcasting
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85186079533&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.2196/50735
DO - 10.2196/50735
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85186079533
SN - 1929-0748
VL - 13
JO - JMIR Research Protocols
JF - JMIR Research Protocols
IS - 1
M1 - e50735
ER -