Social Media as an Information, Education and Communication Tool for Rabies Prevention: An Interventional Study
NCT ID: NCT05702008
Last Updated: 2023-01-27
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Basic Information
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COMPLETED
NA
300 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2022-07-01
2022-09-01
Brief Summary
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Methods: An experimental study design was followed, wherein 144 preclinical medical students of Maulana Azad Medical College, Delhi, India were included in each control and test group. The test group was administered the intervention, which exposed the participants to health education material via social media across a span of 30 days. Participants' knowledge, attitude and practices were observed before and after the study duration.
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Detailed Description
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Conditions
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
PREVENTION
SINGLE
Study Groups
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Control Group
The participants in this study arm were administered no intervention.
No interventions assigned to this group
Test Group
The participants in this arm were administered the following intervention: The test group was administered the rabies IEC material available on the National Center for Disease Control (NCDC) website (https://ncdc.gov.in/index1.php?page=1\&ipp=All\&lang=1\&level=2\&sublinkid=502\&lid=428) in English and Hindi languages using a WhatsApp broadcast every 3 days for 30 days, in a cyclical manner. This material includes brochures, posters, short films, and informative documents designed to educate the general public about rabies prevention and post-exposure prophylaxis practices. Text messages, encouraging the participants to go through the material, were also a part of this intervention.
Rabies Information Education and Communication Material
The test group was administered the rabies IEC material available on the National Center for Disease Control (NCDC) website (https://ncdc.gov.in/index1.php?page=1\&ipp=All\&lang=1\&level=2\&sublinkid=502\&lid=428) in English and Hindi languages using a WhatsApp broadcast every 3 days for 30 days, in a cyclical manner. This material includes brochures, posters, short films, and informative documents designed to educate the general public about rabies prevention and post-exposure prophylaxis practices. Text messages, encouraging the participants to go through the material, were also a part of this intervention.
Interventions
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Rabies Information Education and Communication Material
The test group was administered the rabies IEC material available on the National Center for Disease Control (NCDC) website (https://ncdc.gov.in/index1.php?page=1\&ipp=All\&lang=1\&level=2\&sublinkid=502\&lid=428) in English and Hindi languages using a WhatsApp broadcast every 3 days for 30 days, in a cyclical manner. This material includes brochures, posters, short films, and informative documents designed to educate the general public about rabies prevention and post-exposure prophylaxis practices. Text messages, encouraging the participants to go through the material, were also a part of this intervention.
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* preclinical medical students, i.e., Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) 1st and 2nd professional year students
Exclusion Criteria
* individuals who have a dog bite or rabies victim in the household
* individuals who developed the above criteria during the study duration were excluded from the data analysis
ALL
Yes
Sponsors
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Maulana Azad Medical College
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Jay Verma
Principal Investigator
Locations
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Maulana Azad Medical College
Delhi, , India
Countries
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References
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Breland JY, Quintiliani LM, Schneider KL, May CN, Pagoto S. Social Media as a Tool to Increase the Impact of Public Health Research. Am J Public Health. 2017 Dec;107(12):1890-1891. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2017.304098. No abstract available.
Aichner T, Grunfelder M, Maurer O, Jegeni D. Twenty-Five Years of Social Media: A Review of Social Media Applications and Definitions from 1994 to 2019. Cyberpsychol Behav Soc Netw. 2021 Apr;24(4):215-222. doi: 10.1089/cyber.2020.0134. Epub 2020 Oct 13.
Cinelli M, Quattrociocchi W, Galeazzi A, Valensise CM, Brugnoli E, Schmidt AL, Zola P, Zollo F, Scala A. The COVID-19 social media infodemic. Sci Rep. 2020 Oct 6;10(1):16598. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-73510-5.
Dijkstra S, Kok G, Ledford JG, Sandalova E, Stevelink R. Possibilities and Pitfalls of Social Media for Translational Medicine. Front Med (Lausanne). 2018 Dec 6;5:345. doi: 10.3389/fmed.2018.00345. eCollection 2018.
Gatewood J, Monks SL, Singletary CR, Vidrascu E, Moore JB. Social Media in Public Health: Strategies to Distill, Package, and Disseminate Public Health Research. J Public Health Manag Pract. 2020 Sep/Oct;26(5):489-492. doi: 10.1097/PHH.0000000000001096.
Greene JA, Choudhry NK, Kilabuk E, Shrank WH. Online social networking by patients with diabetes: a qualitative evaluation of communication with Facebook. J Gen Intern Med. 2011 Mar;26(3):287-92. doi: 10.1007/s11606-010-1526-3. Epub 2010 Oct 13.
Rajagopalan MS, Khanna VK, Leiter Y, Stott M, Showalter TN, Dicker AP, Lawrence YR. Patient-oriented cancer information on the internet: a comparison of wikipedia and a professionally maintained database. J Oncol Pract. 2011 Sep;7(5):319-23. doi: 10.1200/JOP.2010.000209. Epub 2011 Aug 4.
Eljiz K, Greenfield D, Hogden A, Taylor R, Siddiqui N, Agaliotis M, Milosavljevic M. Improving knowledge translation for increased engagement and impact in healthcare. BMJ Open Qual. 2020 Sep;9(3):e000983. doi: 10.1136/bmjoq-2020-000983.
Other Identifiers
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F.1/IEC/MAMC/90/02/2022/No.112
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id
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