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Evaluation of a Genetics Education Program for Health Interpreters: A Pilot Study

Health Interpreters enable effective communication between health practitioners and patients with limited knowledge of the predominant language. This study developed and evaluated a training session introducing Health Interpreters to genetics. The online training was delivered multiple times as a si...

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Autores principales: Vidgen, Miranda E., Fowles, Lindsay F., Istiko, Satrio Nindyo, Evans, Erin, Cutler, Katrina, Sullivan, Kate, Bean, Jessica, Healy, Louise, Hondow, Gary, McInerney-Leo, Aideen M., Pratt, Gregory, Robins, Deborah, Best, Stephanie, Finlay, Keri, Ramarao-Milne, Priya, Waddell, Nicola
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8850313/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35186003
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2021.771892
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author Vidgen, Miranda E.
Fowles, Lindsay F.
Istiko, Satrio Nindyo
Evans, Erin
Cutler, Katrina
Sullivan, Kate
Bean, Jessica
Healy, Louise
Hondow, Gary
McInerney-Leo, Aideen M.
Pratt, Gregory
Robins, Deborah
Best, Stephanie
Finlay, Keri
Ramarao-Milne, Priya
Waddell, Nicola
author_facet Vidgen, Miranda E.
Fowles, Lindsay F.
Istiko, Satrio Nindyo
Evans, Erin
Cutler, Katrina
Sullivan, Kate
Bean, Jessica
Healy, Louise
Hondow, Gary
McInerney-Leo, Aideen M.
Pratt, Gregory
Robins, Deborah
Best, Stephanie
Finlay, Keri
Ramarao-Milne, Priya
Waddell, Nicola
author_sort Vidgen, Miranda E.
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description Health Interpreters enable effective communication between health practitioners and patients with limited knowledge of the predominant language. This study developed and evaluated a training session introducing Health Interpreters to genetics. The online training was delivered multiple times as a single 2-h session comprising lectures and activities. Participants completed questionnaires (pre-, post-, and 6-months follow-up) to assess the impact of training on knowledge, attitude, self-efficacy, and self-reported practice behaviour. Questionnaires were analysed using descriptive statistics, Fisher’s Exact, or independent t-test. In total, 118 interpreters participated in the training sessions. Respondent knowledge improved, with gains maintained at 6-months (p < 0.01). There were no changes in self-efficacy, and attitudes. Training did not change self-reported practice behaviour, but there was notable pre-existing variability in participants’ methods of managing unknown genetic words. Most respondents agreed that training was useful (93%) and relevant (79%) to their work. More respondents reported learning more from the case study activity (86%) than the group activity (58%). Health Interpreters found the training acceptable and demonstrated sustained improvement in knowledge of genetic concepts. Increased delivery of this training and associated research is needed to assess findings in a larger cohort and to measure the impact on patients.
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spelling pubmed-88503132022-02-18 Evaluation of a Genetics Education Program for Health Interpreters: A Pilot Study Vidgen, Miranda E. Fowles, Lindsay F. Istiko, Satrio Nindyo Evans, Erin Cutler, Katrina Sullivan, Kate Bean, Jessica Healy, Louise Hondow, Gary McInerney-Leo, Aideen M. Pratt, Gregory Robins, Deborah Best, Stephanie Finlay, Keri Ramarao-Milne, Priya Waddell, Nicola Front Genet Genetics Health Interpreters enable effective communication between health practitioners and patients with limited knowledge of the predominant language. This study developed and evaluated a training session introducing Health Interpreters to genetics. The online training was delivered multiple times as a single 2-h session comprising lectures and activities. Participants completed questionnaires (pre-, post-, and 6-months follow-up) to assess the impact of training on knowledge, attitude, self-efficacy, and self-reported practice behaviour. Questionnaires were analysed using descriptive statistics, Fisher’s Exact, or independent t-test. In total, 118 interpreters participated in the training sessions. Respondent knowledge improved, with gains maintained at 6-months (p < 0.01). There were no changes in self-efficacy, and attitudes. Training did not change self-reported practice behaviour, but there was notable pre-existing variability in participants’ methods of managing unknown genetic words. Most respondents agreed that training was useful (93%) and relevant (79%) to their work. More respondents reported learning more from the case study activity (86%) than the group activity (58%). Health Interpreters found the training acceptable and demonstrated sustained improvement in knowledge of genetic concepts. Increased delivery of this training and associated research is needed to assess findings in a larger cohort and to measure the impact on patients. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-02-03 /pmc/articles/PMC8850313/ /pubmed/35186003 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2021.771892 Text en Copyright © 2022 Vidgen, Fowles, Istiko, Evans, Cutler, Sullivan, Bean, Healy, Hondow, McInerney-Leo, Pratt, Robins, Best, Finlay, Ramarao-Milne and Waddell. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
spellingShingle Genetics
Vidgen, Miranda E.
Fowles, Lindsay F.
Istiko, Satrio Nindyo
Evans, Erin
Cutler, Katrina
Sullivan, Kate
Bean, Jessica
Healy, Louise
Hondow, Gary
McInerney-Leo, Aideen M.
Pratt, Gregory
Robins, Deborah
Best, Stephanie
Finlay, Keri
Ramarao-Milne, Priya
Waddell, Nicola
Evaluation of a Genetics Education Program for Health Interpreters: A Pilot Study
title Evaluation of a Genetics Education Program for Health Interpreters: A Pilot Study
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title_short Evaluation of a Genetics Education Program for Health Interpreters: A Pilot Study
title_sort evaluation of a genetics education program for health interpreters: a pilot study
topic Genetics
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8850313/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35186003
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2021.771892
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