Experiences of Health Professional Students Delivering a Community-Outreach TeleheAlth Program for COVID Education and Health Promotion to Older Adults.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To describe students' experiences as health coaches in a student-delivered Community Outreach teleheAlth program for COVID education and Health promotion (COACH).

Methods

This qualitative description study collected data from student coaches (n = 19) who engaged in a 45-to-60-min semi-structured interview conducted via one-on-one on Zoom video-conferencing calls. Most (74%) student coaches were female with an average age of 25.6 years. Fifty-eight percent were from visible minority populations, and 42% administered COACH in suburban/rural areas. Coaches were located throughout British Columbia, Canada. Interview questions focused on students' experiences delivering COACH, their understanding of various health-related topics (eg, chronic care, virtual health, healt

SUBMITTER: Yang MC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12062593 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature