Knowledge and attitudes about children's hearing health among pregnant and postpartum women: an intervention guided by an educational video
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; Health Education; Hearing Loss; Hearing; Educational Technology; Instructional Film and Video.
Introduction: Parental knowledge about neonatal hearing screening (NHS), risk indicators for hearing impairment, and attitudes towards hearing loss directly influence childcare. Educational videos have proven effective in promoting hearing health. Objective: To evaluate an educational video on children's hearing health and its impact on knowledge about the topic. Method: The dissertation is structured into two articles. The first is a descriptive study of technology validation aimed at evaluating the satisfaction of a video as a tool for education on children's hearing health. The study was conducted in two stages: initially, the video was validated by three speech therapists, and in the second stage, 45 mothers assessed the video’s satisfaction using a questionnaire and the Net Promoter Score (NPS). The second study is a triple-blind randomized clinical trial, aiming to compare the impact of the educational intervention on children's hearing health on the level of knowledge and retention of information, both immediate and medium-term, during pregnancy and the postpartum period. So far, 80 postpartum women have participated, divided into two randomized groups, and to complete the sample, 80 pregnant women will also participate, similarly divided into two randomized groups. Preliminary results: In the first study, there was a trend towards satisfaction with the educational tool (video), with 84.8% being promoters and 13.3% neutral. In the second study, 40 postpartum women were randomized into the intervention group (IG) and 40 into the comparison group (CG). A significant increase in knowledge was observed in the postpartum women when comparing the pre- and post-intervention moments of the IG (p<0.001) and when comparing the post-intervention moment between groups (p=0.001). Upon completion of the study, it is expected that the video will be validated as an educational tool for children's hearing health and that the results will guide the best timing, during pregnancy or postpartum, for conducting interventions and disseminating information to this audience.