Development and Evaluation of a Blog about Cleft Lip and Cleft Palate and Hearing

Abstract

Introduction Cleft lip and cleft palate can result in impairments in communication, specifically in hearing, making the use of technological resources such as blogs a fundamental guideline for health professionals. Objective The aim of this study was to prepare and analyze the access to a blog about cleft lip and cleft palate and hearing as a pedagogical tool for health professionals. Methods The first stage for the development of the blog was the selection of the content that would be addressed and the respective illustrations. The second stage was making the blog available through the WordPress platform, and the third stage included the evaluation of the blog, of the access to the WordPress statistical features, and of the quality of the blog through the Emory questionnaire, which was answered by 75 professionals. Results The blog, titled “Fissure and Hearing”, was developed with the architecture of a digital information environment containing a system of organization, navigation, labeling and search (first stage). The address hosting the blog was: (second stage). The result of the third stage included 56,269 views of the blog from different countries, and Brazil was the country with the highest viewing. Regarding the assessment by the Emory questionnaire, we found that for most of the major issues, the percentages obtained were or equal to 90%, while the analysis of the scales, navigation and structure presented the lowest scores. Conclusion The blog was developed and enabled greater access to information available on the web about cleft lip and cleft palate and hearing.

Teleducação em fissura labiopalatina: elaboração de website

“…Concerning the specific subject of CLP aimed at guiding professionals and students information is scarce, however it demonstrates the importance of raising awareness among the child population in order to create a more favorable environment for inclusion and minimizing prejudice against children and others with CLP (12) . A blog was developed to give guidelines for healthcare professionals, which used the Emory questionnaire as a tool to measure quality (3) . What differentiated the present study was the concern with the development of a specific instrument for further evaluation, which would make it possible to measure knowledge about CLP.…”

“…Cleft lip and palate (CLP) are one of the most common malformations that occur during the embryonic period until the 12th gestational week and can cause changes in the functions of sucking, hearing and speech (1,2) . Since health professionals deal directly with patients and their guardians, it is essential that they must know about CLP for guidance and to establish a conduct, additionally it is important that this information is available to the general public (3)(4)(5) because a lack off guidance can negatively influence the therapeutic process of patients with CLP (6) .…”

Intervenção fonoaudiológica por meio da teleducação sobre a muda vocal e hábitos vocais

“…Thus, a weblog about voice mutation and healthy vocal habits was created. Weblog is one of the technologies that promote distance learning; other studies made use of this instrument in different topics, as it is the case of the fissure and hearing weblog, created so health professionals can be informed about aspects related to cleft lip and palate and hearing, using Wordpress (21,22) .…”

“…Originally, the project uses Cybertutor (9,19,20,(22)(23)(24) , but in this version of the project, we opted for the weblog due to the benefit of autonomy to researchers of different institutions, offering resources similar to the Cybertutor such as inserting information (posts) among texts, static images, videos, audios and links, and a comments section in which visitors make considerations, favoring interaction between owner-visitor and visitor-visitor (25,26) . The weblog has been used for the search of information about health on the internet, besides sharing feelings and experiences in situations of illness, allowing patients to feel safer and more confident during the treatment.…”

Reflexões Sobre a Formação Docente: A Prática Artística Em Sala De Aula

“…Entretanto, como os conteúdos supracitados oferecem uma base para que o cidadão se insira no debate social e são indispensáveis para que haja uma participação efetiva e crítica dele, na busca pela preservação do meio ambiente é imprescindível que os mesmos sejam acessíveis.Assim, os resultados obtidos na primeira fase desta pesquisa deixaram evidente a necessidade de disponibilização de material acessível na internet e, portanto, foi criado um website acessível. WordPress possui como vantagens a possibilidade de utilização de plug-ins e uma interface de simples manipulação.A escolha do sistema WordPress se deu em decorrência da sua facilidade de uso.SegundoMaximiano et al (2018), a plataforma é de fácil compreensão e utilização pelo desenvolvedor e pelo usuário.Foi priorizado o fácil acesso, pois assim existe a possibilidade da perpetuação do website por outros pesquisadores, sem demandar conhecimento aprofundado em informática, facilitando a manutenção da publicação dos conteúdos.Uma vantagem da utilização do WordPress, que fez diferença no processo de escolha, é que ele possibilita o uso de plug-ins, ferramentas utilizadas para adicionar ou modifi car recursos.No processo de elaboração do Portal da Educação Ambiental foram utilizados plugins para garantir a acessibilidade do usuário com defi ciência visual. Além disso, todo o website foi feito de modo a garantir a compatibilidade com softwares leitores de tela.…”