Open AccessInnovations in education: A prospective study of storytelling narratives to enhance hepatitis C virus knowledge among substance users
Author(s) -
Andrew H. Talal,
Yu-Xin Ding,
Marianthi Markatou
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
world journal of hepatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.913
H-Index - 55
ISSN - 1948-5182
DOI - 10.4254/wjh.v14.i5.972
Subject(s) - medicine , storytelling , narrative , intervention (counseling) , family medicine , nursing , philosophy , linguistics
Even though substance users have the highest hepatitis C virus (HCV) burden, many lack knowledge about the infection. Lack of knowledge is an important obstacle to pursuing HCV care. Although printed materials are conventionally utilized to disseminate HCV-related knowledge, narrative story-telling videos may be an alternative. Data are extremely limited, however, in the ability of storytelling videos to increase HCV knowledge among substance users. In this study, we hypothesized that a story-telling narrative video would increase substance user's immediate and 1-month HCV-related knowledge compared to a printed format.