J Korean Acad Community Health Nurs.  2016 Sep;27(3):284-298. 10.12799/jkachn.2016.27.3.284.

Development and Evaluation of Cardiovascular Disease Prevention Education Materials for Middle-aged Korean-Chinese Female Workers: Applying Patient Education Materials Assessment Tool for Printable Materials (PEMAT-P)

• Lee H
• Kim J
• Yoo R
• Lee JY

• KMID: 2355003
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.12799/jkachn.2016.27.3.284

Abstract

PURPOSE
The purpose of this study was to develop and evaluate the quality (understandability and actionability) of health education materials for Korean-Chinese (KC) female migrant workers, using Patient Education Materials Assessment Tool for Printable Materials (PEMAT-P).
METHODS
Educational needs assessment was conducted with 3 focus groups with 20 KC women and a focus group with 4 community stakeholders. The quality of the educational materials was evaluated by 3 experts and a community stakeholder, followed by a survey with 15 KC women using 17 items for understandability and 7 items for actionability by means of a Korean version PEMAT-P.
RESULTS
The health educational calendar consists of 12 subjects out of 9 topics related to healthy lifestyles for preventing cardiovascular diseases. The overall mean understandability score was 98.8% and the overall mean actionability was 100%.
CONCLUSION
Involvement of KC women and community stakeholders in the development of educational materials was found to be an effective strategy for increasing understandability and actionability of educational materials for KC female migrant workers. This study also demonstrates the PEMAT-P is a useful evaluation tool, emphasizing the actionability of educational materials.

Keyword

Health promotion; Health education; Patient education handout

MeSH Terms

Cardiovascular Diseases*
Education*
Female*
Focus Groups
Health Education
Health Promotion
Humans
Life Style
Needs Assessment
Patient Education as Topic*
Transients and Migrants

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  Figure 1 Research process.

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  Figure 2 Examples of education materials.

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