Co-Creation of Massive Open Online Courses to Improve Digital Health Literacy in Pregnant and Lactating Women

Yolanda Álvarez-Pérez, Lilisbeth Perestelo-Pérez, Amado Rivero-Santanta, Alezandra Torres-Castaño, Ana Toledo-Chávarri, Andrea Duarte-Díaz, Vinita Mahtani-Chugani, María Dolores Marrero-Díaz, Alessia Montanari, Sabina Tangerini, Carina González-González, Michelle Perello, Pedro Serrano-Aguilar and on behalf of the IC-Health Project Consortium
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Yolanda Álvarez-Pérez: Canary Islands Health Research Institute Foundation (FIISC), 38109 Tenerife, Spain
Lilisbeth Perestelo-Pérez: Evaluation Unit (SESCS), Canary Islands Health Service (SCS), 38109 Tenerife, Spain
Amado Rivero-Santanta: Canary Islands Health Research Institute Foundation (FIISC), 38109 Tenerife, Spain
Alezandra Torres-Castaño: Canary Islands Health Research Institute Foundation (FIISC), 38109 Tenerife, Spain
Ana Toledo-Chávarri: Canary Islands Health Research Institute Foundation (FIISC), 38109 Tenerife, Spain
Andrea Duarte-Díaz: Canary Islands Health Research Institute Foundation (FIISC), 38109 Tenerife, Spain
Vinita Mahtani-Chugani: Gerencia de Atención Primaria de Tenerife, 38004 Tenerife, Spain
María Dolores Marrero-Díaz: Gerencia de Atención Primaria de Tenerife, 38004 Tenerife, Spain
Alessia Montanari: Associazione Comitato Collaborazione Medica (CCM), 10152 Torino, Italy
Sabina Tangerini: Associazione Comitato Collaborazione Medica (CCM), 10152 Torino, Italy
Carina González-González: ITED Research Group, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of La Laguna (ULL), 38200 Tenerife, Spain
Michelle Perello: Consulta Europa Projects & Innovation, 35006 Las Palmas, Spain
Pedro Serrano-Aguilar: Evaluation Unit (SESCS), Canary Islands Health Service (SCS), 38109 Tenerife, Spain
on behalf of the IC-Health Project Consortium: Membership of the IC-Health project partner consortium is provided in the Supplementary Material, info@ichealth.eu.

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 2, 1-15

Abstract: Background: Digital health literacy (DHL) increases the self-efficacy and empowerment of pregnant and lactating women (PLW) in using the Internet for health issues. The European project IC-Health aimed to improve DHL among PLW, through the co-creation of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs). Methods: The co-creation of the MOOCs included focus groups and the creation of communities of practice (CoPs) with PLW and healthcare professionals aimed to co-design the MOOCs. The quantitative measures of MOOCs’ acceptability, experience in the co-creation process and increase in DHL (dimensions of finding, understanding and appraisal) were assessed. Results: 17 PLW participated in focus groups, 113 participants were included in CoPs and 68 participants evaluated the acceptability of MOOCs. A total of 6 MOOCs aimed at improving PLW’s DHL were co-designed. There was a significant improvement in self-perceived DHL after using MOOCs ( p -value < 0.001). The acceptability of MOOCs and co-creation experience were positively valued. Conclusions: The preliminary results of the quantitative assessment showed a higher self-perceived DHL after the IC-Health MOOCs. These results suggest that IC-Health MOOCs and the co-creation methodology appear to be a viable process to carry out an intervention aimed to improve DHL levels in European PLW.

Keywords: pregnancy; lactation; digital health literacy; health education; MOOC (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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