Development of Learning Media for the Elderly to Promote Child Health in the Community.
Napalai Chaimaha, Supawadee Putthinoi, Suchitporn Lersilp
PMID 33192198WHAT IT FOUND
Grandparents caring for young children most often needed help with daily self-care.
A web-based media package for brushing, eating, dressing, bathing, and toileting was rated easy to use in a trial of 58 users, but no child outcomes were tested.
Key findings
01Activities of daily living were the most requested topic, at 58.72% of surveyed elders.
02After a 30-minute trial, 58 users said the design was effective in stimulation (100%), easy to use for the first time (91.38%), and simple to describe (100%).
03The media content covered five child self-care skills: brushing, eating, dressing, bathing, and toileting, and methods for teaching children aged newborn to 6 years.
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What it does not show
The study was done in a single Thai village, so it may not fit other places or families. It did not compare the media with usual support, so the ratings do not show a treatment effect. The main child health outcomes were not measured; the trial only asked users whether the media was easy and clear. The needs survey used a limited checklist, so other important areas may have been missed. Only a subset of the original group tried the media, and their feedback was self-reported after a short session.
The easy way to misread this
Do not read the usability ratings as proof that this media improves child health or makes grandparents better caregivers. The study had no comparison group and did not measure child outcomes.