Does the use of the Informed Healthcare Choices (IHC) primary school resources improve the ability of grade-5 children in Uganda to assess the trustworthiness of claims about the effects of treatments: protocol for a cluster-randomised trial

Does the use of the Informed Healthcare Choices (IHC) primary school resources improve the ability of grade-5 children in Uganda to assess the trustworthiness of claims about the effects of treatments: protocol for a cluster-randomised trial

Abstract Background The ability to appraise claims about the benefits and harms of treatments is crucial for informed health care decision-making. This research aims to enable children in East African primary schools (the clusters) to acquire and retain skills that can help them make informed health...

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Main Authors: Allen Nsangi, Daniel Semakula, Andrew D. Oxman, Matthew Oxman, Sarah Rosenbaum, Astrid Austvoll-Dahlgren, Laetitia Nyirazinyoye, Margaret Kaseje, Iain Chalmers, Atle Fretheim, Nelson K. Sewankambo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-05-01
Series:Trials
Subjects:
Critical thinking
Critical appraisal
Higher-order thinking
Meta-cognition
Treatment claims
Health literacy
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13063-017-1958-8

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