Table 2.
Characteristics of approaches developed for various health conditions
| Cancer (n=16) |
Respiratory diseases (n=5) |
Cardiovascular diseases (n=3) |
Other health conditions* (n=5) |
Total (n=29) |
|
| Type of approaches, n (%) | |||||
| Education sessions | 4 (25.0) | 3 (60.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (20.0) | 8 (27.6) |
| Education materials | 3 (18.8) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (40.0) | 5 (17.2) |
| Education sessions and education materials | 9 (56.3) | 2 (40.0) | 3 (100.0) | 1 (20.0) | 15 (51.7) |
| Education apps/devices | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (20.0) | 1 (3.5) |
| Format of approaches, n (%) | |||||
| Text | 4 (25.0) | 3 (60.0) | 2 (66.7) | 2 (40.0) | 11 (37.9) |
| Audio visual aids | 11 (68.8) | 2 (40.0) | 1 (33.3) | 3 (60.0) | 17 (58.6) |
| Multimedia | 1 (6.3) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (3.5) |
| Components of approaches, n (%) | |||||
| Knowledge of symptoms/signs | 16 (100.0) | 5 (100.0) | 3 (100.0) | 5 (100.0) | 29 (100.0) |
| Demonstration and/or hands-on practice of symptom self-examination | 13 (81,3) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (20.0) | 14 (48.3) |
| Symptom comparison | 3 (18.8) | 4 (80.0) | 2 (66.7) | 3 (60.0) | 12 (41.4) |
| Other components: role modelling | 0 (0.0) | 1 (20.0) | 1 (33.3) | 1 (20.0) | 3 (10.3) |
| Underlying theories/models adopted in the development of approaches, n (%) | |||||
| No | 11 (68.8) | 1 (20.0) | 1 (33.3) | 4 (80.0) | 17 (58.6) |
| Yes | 5 (31.3) | 4 (80.0) | 2 (66.7) | 1 (20.0) | 12 (41.4) |
*Other health conditions included concussion (n=1), labour (n=1), malaria (n=1), neonatal illness (n=1) and rheumatoid arthritis (n=1).