Looking into how sixty experts co-developed a comprehensive, inclusive educational content for a mobile app using Delphi method for improving oral cancer health literacy.
Authors
Kehinde Kazeem Kanmodi, School of Dentistry, University of Rwanda, Kigali, Rwanda; School of Health and Life Sciences, Teesside University, Middlesbrough, United Kingdom; Campaign for Head and Neck Cancer Education (CHANCE) Programme, Cephas Health Research Initiative Inc, Ibadan, Nigeria; College of Nursing and Basic Medical Sciences, Caleb University, Imota, Nigeria; Department of Public Health, Thomas Adewumi University, Oko, Nigeria; School of Public Health, University of Port Harcourt, Port Harcourt, Nigeria
Ruwan Duminda Jayasinghe, School of Health and Life Sciences, Teesside University, Middlesbrough, United Kingdom; Department of Oral Medicine and Periodontology, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
Akinyele Olumuyiwa Adisa, Department of Oral Pathology and Oral Medicine, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria; Department of Oral Pathology and Oral Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria
Afeez Abolarinwa Salami, Campaign for Head and Neck Cancer Education (CHANCE) Programme, Cephas Health Research Initiative Inc, Ibadan, Nigeria; Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria; School of Nursing, Midwifery, and Public Health, University of Suffolk, Ipswich, United Kingdom
Yovanthi Anurangi Jayasinghe, Jindal School of Public Health and Human Development, O.P. Jindal Global University, Sonipat, Haryana, India; Campaign for Head and Neck Cancer Education (CHANCE) Programme, Cephas Health Research Initiative Inc, Ibadan, Nigeria; Department of Oral Medicine and Periodontology, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka;
Misheck Nkhata, School of Health and Life Sciences, Teesside University, Middlesbrough, United Kingdom
Lawrence Achilles Nnyanzi, School of Health and Life Sciences, Teesside University, Middlesbrough, United Kingdom
Summary
Health literacy plays a vital role in improving literacy on oral cancer. Currently, the use of mobile health applications (MHAs) to educate oral cancer is largely underutilised. So far, only two educational MHAs on oral cancer (“M-OncoED” and “Prayaas”) have ever been reported in peer-reviewed empirical studies, and these two MHAs lacked a comprehensive and inclusive content for laypersons. Hence, this present study aimed to co-develop a comprehensive and inclusive educational content for an educational MHA prototype on oral cancer using Delphi technique. This Delphi study was four-phased, and a total of sixty subject matter experts (SMEs) participated in the study. The phases of this study included the literature review phase (first phase) and three rounds of expert consultations (the second to the fourth phases). Consensus was achieved when a mean Likert score of 3 or above was obtained from the responding SMEs. The SMEs were dental, medical, and public health experts recruited from eight countries across four continents. A total of sixty, fifty-seven, and nineteen experts participated in the first, second, and third rounds of the Delphi consultations, respectively, reviewing an eight-sectioned educational content on oral cancer which was initially developed through literature review. Based on the feedback obtained from the Delphi consultations, the working educational content on oral cancer were iteratively revised till a final content was developed. This study produced a comprehensive and inclusive educational content which can be used to develop an educational MHA on oral cancer for laypersons.
Published in: Scientific Reports
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