Efficacy of an educational multimedia in promoting public health literacy on age-related cognitive-communicative health: a randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT: Amid the alarming global forecast of age-related cognitive-communicative disorders like dementia, Speech-Language Pathologists (SLPs) are poised to play a crucial role in dementia-related services, ranging from counselling to end-of-life care. A key step in this direction is enhancing public health literacy regarding optimal age-linked cognitive-communicative health. Given the potential of educational multimedia (EM) programs to promote public health literacy, and the recent development of one such EM in our research, this study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of an SLP-designed and facilitated EM in changing young adults (YAs) knowledge and beliefs about cognitive health in the Indian context. In a randomized controlled trial, 220 YAs aged 18-25 years were equally and randomly assigned to

SUBMITTER: Shetty S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12464230 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature