Learning to think critically about health using digital technology in Ugandan lower secondary schools: A contextual analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The world is awash with claims about the effects of health interventions. Many of these claims are untrustworthy because the bases are unreliable. Acting on unreliable claims can lead to waste of resources and poor health outcomes. Yet, most people lack the necessary skills to appraise the reliability of health claims. The Informed Health Choices (IHC) project aims to equip young people in Ugandan lower secondary schools with skills to think critically about health claims and to make good health choices by developing and evaluating digital learning resources. To ensure that we create resources that are suitable for use in Uganda's secondary schools and can be scaled up if found effective, we conducted a context analysis. We aimed to better understand opportunities and

SUBMITTER: Ssenyonga R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8809610 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature