We should embrace WhatsApp and try to mitigate concerns

Handelman, Guy

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“…Moreover, nearly all parents in the current study reported using WhatsApp, and more than 90% reported checking WhatsApp messages daily. WhatsApp is a popular cross-platform instant messaging application that facilitates communication, information sharing, and human interaction among Latin Americans, including Brazilians [ 36 , 69 , 70 , 71 ]. Notably, a greater proportion of mothers than fathers reported using and checking WhatsApp messages daily, which suggests that WhatsApp might be a good communication tool for prompting healthful EBRBs.…”

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“…Notably, a greater proportion of mothers than fathers reported using and checking WhatsApp messages daily, which suggests that WhatsApp might be a good communication tool for prompting healthful EBRBs. Given that a high proportion of parents in this study reported using WhatsApp, it is likely a feasible and acceptable communication channel for the delivery of intervention content given that it is free of cost for exchanging text, image, video, and audio messages and should be considered in the development of future interventions for Brazilian immigrant families [ 69 , 70 , 71 ].…”

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Brazilian Immigrant Parents’ Preferences for Content and Intervention Modalities for the Design of a Family-Based Intervention to Promote Their Preschool-Age Children’s Healthful Energy Balance-Related Behaviors

Vilasboas

Greaney

et al. 2023

IJERPH

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Brazilians are a rapidly growing ethnic immigrant population in the United States (U.S.), and there is a lack of childhood obesity prevention interventions addressing the needs of Brazilian preschool-age children. Using the family ecological model (FEM) as a guide, this developmental cross-sectional study assessed the preferences (content, intervention modality, and language) of 52 individual Brazilian immigrant parents (27 mothers, 25 fathers) for a family-based intervention to promote healthful energy balance-related behaviors (EBRB). Overall, 85% or more of parents reported being interested or very interested in content related to five of the seven assessed EBRBs (increasing fruits and vegetables, reducing unhealthy foods and sugar-sweetened beverages, increasing physical activity, and reducing screen time). Parent-preferred intervention modalities were group sessions delivered by community health workers (CHWs, 86.5%), email (84.6%), and messaging (78.8%), with most parents (71.2%) indicating a preference for content in Portuguese. Interventions integrating multiple components, such as group sessions offered by CHWs and text messaging using SMS and WhatsApp, should be considered. Future steps for intervention development should include investigating different communication channels and their integration into a culturally and linguistically tailored family-based intervention designed to promote healthful EBRBs of preschool-age children in Brazilian families living in the U.S.

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Brazilian Immigrant Parents’ Preferences for Content and Intervention Modalities for the Design of a Family-Based Intervention to Promote Their Preschool-Age Children’s Healthful Energy Balance-Related Behaviors

Vilasboas

Greaney

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“…Participants appreciated the presence of their facilitator in the group who monitored their activity in the group with guidance in decision making, when required [Table2]. Other studies has shown that this can be a useful tool for students in the PBL process through promoting of media sharing, improving communication, generating learning opportunities and providing a record of discussions [17][18].…”

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“…A quarter of study participants believe that people become less productive using social media. Medical students should appreciate the benefit as well disadvantages of social media to get maximum desired outcome [18][19].…”

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New Face of Clinical Teaching and Learning: Social Media in Medical Education Use of WhatsApp among Medical Students in Clinical Teaching at Oman Medical College

Jahan¹,

Siddiqui²,

Mukhlif³

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Medical education has its core values of confidentiality and formal conduct while social media involved sharing and openness, connection which seems to be contradictory for medical professionalism. Main purpose of this study was to explore the students' perception, attitudes and barriers about the professional use of social media and to assess the experiences of undergraduate on the improvement of clinical teaching through the incorporation of social media applications. A cross sectional survey based study was carried out at Oman Medical College. All final year students consented to participate were included in the study. Data was collected on self-administered questionnaire in which core elements were divideddemographics, type and frequencies of different social media usage, student's perception about WhatsApp utilization and barriers of not using social media. Statistical analysis was performed using SPSS (IBM SPSS Statistics 20.0). Data were expressed in frequencies, mean and percentages. A total of 76 participants were enrolled in which 5 (6.6%) were male and 71 (93.4%) were aged between 20-25 years of age. Among all 57 (75%) were Omani nationals and almost all (98.7%) participants used social media of which 35 (46.1%) were android, 29 (38.2%) IOS, and 12 (15.8%) were other operating system users. All participants daily spend some time on YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and WhatsApp. In contrast, responses of all participants' indicated that they never make use of Wiki, Chat On and hangout. More than half of the study participants believed that lack of internet access is one the main barrier of nonutilization of social media. Medical students prefer online media for communication and medical information along with usage of WhatsApp in medical education and learning is helpful for improving and enhancing the interactive learning. The students' response emphasizes positive response and experiences of their learning and discussions provided an effective space for integrated small group clinical teaching and learning.

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We should embrace WhatsApp and try to mitigate concerns

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Brazilian Immigrant Parents’ Preferences for Content and Intervention Modalities for the Design of a Family-Based Intervention to Promote Their Preschool-Age Children’s Healthful Energy Balance-Related Behaviors

Brazilian Immigrant Parents’ Preferences for Content and Intervention Modalities for the Design of a Family-Based Intervention to Promote Their Preschool-Age Children’s Healthful Energy Balance-Related Behaviors

New Face of Clinical Teaching and Learning: Social Media in Medical Education Use of WhatsApp among Medical Students in Clinical Teaching at Oman Medical College

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