The impact of educational workshops on individuals at risk for glaucoma in the Philadelphia Glaucoma Detection and Treatment Project

The impact of educational workshops on individuals at risk for glaucoma in the Philadelphia Glaucoma Detection and Treatment Project

Highlights • Individuals at risk for glaucoma attended educational workshops and completed a pre- and post-test. • The post-test composite scores were significantly higher than the pre-test ones ( P < 0.001). • Nearly half of the attendees made an appointment for a glaucoma detection examination....

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Veröffentlicht in:Patient education and counseling 2016-04, Vol.99 (4), p.659-664
Hauptverfasser: Johnson, Deiana M, Stratford, Shayla, Shyu, Andrew P, Sembhi, Harjeet, Molineaux, Jeanne, Reamer, Courtney, Spaeth, George L, Myers, Jonathan S, Hark, Lisa A, Katz, L. Jay, Waisbourd, Michael
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Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Awareness
Community health educators
Community Health Services
Community Health Workers
Educational Measurement
Educational workshop
Female
Glaucoma
Glaucoma - diagnosis
Glaucoma - therapy
Health Education - methods
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Humans
Internal Medicine
Male
Nursing
Outreach
Philadelphia
Pilot Projects
Program Evaluation
Surveys and Questionnaires
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Zusammenfassung:Highlights • Individuals at risk for glaucoma attended educational workshops and completed a pre- and post-test. • The post-test composite scores were significantly higher than the pre-test ones ( P < 0.001). • Nearly half of the attendees made an appointment for a glaucoma detection examination. • Educational workshops can help increase health-literacy and appointment adherence.
ISSN:0738-3991
1873-5134
DOI:10.1016/j.pec.2015.11.026