Title: Enhancing and Expanding Our Skills: Assessing Online Health Education Workshops During COVID-19
Presenters: Samantha A. Smith, MPH, CHES
Department: University Health Services
Abstract: The Office of Health Promotion, within University Health Services, migrated all of its in-person health education workshops, offered through the Peer Health Educator Program, into virtual formats as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite using a new health education modality, the Office of Health Promotions still sought to maintain high levels of satisfaction among program attendees. The purpose of this assessment is to compare the health education workshop outcomes between in-person and virtual formats. Using audience member evaluations from fall 2019 and fall 2020, comparing outcomes such as: participant satisfaction, perceptions of workshop facilitator preparedness, and audience member’s self-reported willingness to change. The results indicated that on average audience member satisfaction, perceptions of facilitator preparedness, and attendee self-reported intention to change behavior stayed consistent across both time points. There was a slight decrease in perceptions of facilitator knowledge and a slight increase attendees finding the workshops useful and informative. As a result of this assessment, the Office of Health Promotion will continue to offer virtual health education options beyond the COVID-19 pandemic.
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