Jenna Smith-Turchyn, Justine Hamilton, Jocelyn E Harris, Sarah Wojkowski
Evaluation of virtual problem-based tutorials in healthcare professional education
Disability and rehabilitation
inadequate comprehension healthcare information contributes poor health outcomes ethnic minorities one populations affected low health oral health literacy ohl hypothesis current study oral health education program ohep improve ohl oral health awareness behaviors refugees also hypothesized difference ohl english native language preintervention phase fiftytwo adult refugees participated educational program included comprehensive culturally sensitive powerpoint presentation handson learning activities oral health topics study used crosssectional prepost study design program preintervention group participants completed 2 surveys sociodemographic survey oral health perceptions refugees bilingual format estimate oral health literacybilingual40 eohlbl40 english participants native language immediately ohep postintervention group participants completed eohlbl40 survey english two weeks ohep followup intervention participants completed sociodemographic survey oral health perceptions refugees estimate oral health literacybilingual40 eohlbl40 english mean percentage words understood preintervention eohlbl40 survey significantly higher native languages 473 37 compared survey english 153 12 p 0001 postintervention scores immediately educational program higher 286 24 p 0001 survey english compared preintervention 153 12 followup 2 weeks later scores 255 24 slightly lower postintervention still significantly higher p 0001 preintervention results sociodemographic survey oral health perceptions refugees surveys similar ohep positively affected oral health awareness oral health behaviors results study suggested ohep may improve oral health literacy oral health awareness personal oral hygiene practices refugees