To Develop Health Education Tools for Nasogastric Tube Home Caring Through Participatory Action Research

Area of Science:

• Medical Education
• Health Communication
• Graphic Design

Background:

• Home caregivers require effective training methods for essential caring skills.
• Traditional teaching methods may not fully equip caregivers for real-world scenarios.
• There is a need for improved health education tools to support home care.

Purpose of the Study:

• To develop and refine graphical tools for home caregiver training.
• To enhance the effectiveness of health education for home caregivers.
• To create a systematic approach for improving medical graphics in health education.

Main Methods:

• Utilized a Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) participatory action research (PAR) spiral structure.
• Incorporated interviews and observations for iterative graphic design and content revision.
• Employed nurses' demonstrations to ensure accuracy in depicting caring details.

Main Results:

• Developed accurate graphical representations of caring skills through three PDSA PAR cycles.
• Created health education tools suitable for continuous assistance in real-life home care situations.
• Demonstrated the effectiveness of a collaborative approach involving designers, medical staff, and caregivers.

Conclusions:

• The PDSA PAR methodology is effective for developing accurate and practical medical graphics.
• Graphical tools, when combined with oral teaching, significantly enhance home caregiver learning.
• This study provides a valuable reference for improving medical graphics in health education tools.