Learner Verification: A Methodology to Create Suitable Education Materials.
Learner Verification: A Methodology to Create Suitable Education Materials.
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10.3928/24748307-20210201-02
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2021-01-11
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Meade CD
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Chavarria EA;Christy SM;Simmons VN;Vadaparampil ST;Gwede CK;Meade CD
学习者验证和修订（LV&R）是一种研究方法，旨在为教育信息设计提供信息，目的是产生合适的，可操作的和识字适当的信息，以帮助意识，采取健康行为和决策。它包括一系列参与性步骤，使用户参与整个材料的开发，修订和完善。这种方法与“健康人2030”传播目标是一致的，旨在改善多元化、多文化、多语言人群的信息获取，并提高医疗保健质量，实现健康公平。为了说明LV&R，我们描述了它在三个癌症教育项目中的使用，这些项目产生了关于以下内容的有针对性的信息：（1）非裔美国人中的遗传性乳腺癌（小册子）;（2）拉丁美洲人中的结直肠癌筛查（照片中篇小说和DVD）;（3）接受癌症治疗的患者中的吸烟复发预防（视频）。我们讨论的理由，它的应用程序中的三个例子，并推断出我们的经验教训时，使用这种方法。一种定性的方法，需要个人或小组为基础的讨论有助于检查学习者验证的要素（即，吸引力、理解力、自我效能、文化可接受性、说服力）。报告了以下步骤：（1）准备材料、面试指南和招聘;（2）面试参与者;（3）评价答复。通过使用编码系统对数据进行分析，该编码系统将每个元素的参与者响应放入数据汇总矩阵。调查结果为材料的修订和完善提供了信息。LV&R在三个癌症教育项目中得到有效应用，以提高材料的适用性。因此，通过使用更清晰，更突出的语言来提高理解力和文化可接受性，通过整合提示，标题和风格编辑等设计元素来降低文本密度，结合首选的颜色和图形来提高美学吸引力，并包括可操作的术语和词语来增强动机和自我效能，这些材料得到了改进。结果表明，LV&R方法可以通过系统的、迭代的步骤来提高教育材料的适用性，这些步骤可以吸引不同的、多文化的、多语言的人群。这种方法是实现健康公平的关键参与策略，适用于各种教育、研究和临床实践环境，以改善健康传播。[HLRP健康素养研究与实践。2021;5（1）：e49-e59.]本文介绍了使用一种系统的方法称为“学习者验证”用于开发教育材料。这种方法包括从受众那里获得反馈，以确保信息是可以理解的，设计有吸引力，激励和文化相关的。
Learner verification and revision (LV&R) is a research methodological approach to inform educational message design with the aim of producing suitable, actionable, and literacy appropriate messages to aid in awareness, adoption of healthy behaviors, and decision-making. It consists of a series of participatory steps that engage users throughout materials development, revision, and refinement. This approach is congruent with Healthy People 2030 communication objectives to improve access to information among diverse, multicultural, multilingual populations, and enhance health care quality toward health equity. To illustrate LV&R, we describe its use in three cancer education projects that produced targeted information about (1) inherited breast cancer among African Americans (brochure); (2) colorectal cancer screening among Latinos (photo novella and DVD); and (3) smoking-relapse prevention among patients receiving cancer treatment (video). We discuss rationale for its application in the three exemplars and extrapolate lessons learned from our experiences when using this approach. A qualitative approach entailing individual or group-based discussions helped to examine the elements of learner verification (i.e., attraction, comprehension, self-efficacy, cultural acceptability, persuasion). The following steps are reported: (1) preparation of materials, interview guide, and recruitment; (2) interviewing of participants; and (3) evaluation of responses. Data were analyzed by use of a coding system that placed participant responses from each of the elements into data summary matrices. Findings informed revisions and refinement of materials. LV&R was effectively applied across the three cancer education projects to enhance the suitability of the materials. As a result, the materials were improved by using clearer, more salient language to enhance comprehension and cultural acceptability, by integrating design elements such as prompts, headers, and stylistic edits to reduce text density, incorporating preferred colors and graphics to improve aesthetic appeal, and including actionable terms and words to bolster motivation and self-efficacy. Results suggest that LV&R methodology can improve suitability of education materials through systematic, iterative steps that engage diverse, multicultural, multilingual populations. This approach is a critical participa-tory strategy toward health equity, and is appropriate in a variety of education, research, and clinical practice settings to improve health communications. [HLRP: Health Literacy Research and Practice. 2021;5(1):e49–e59.] This article describes the use of a systematic approach called “learner verification” used for developing educational materials. This approach involves obtaining feedback from audience members to ensure that the information is understandable, attractive in design, motivating, and culturally relevant.