Effects of the Informed Health Choices primary school intervention on the ability of children in Uganda to assess the reliability of claims about treatment effects: a …

A Nsangi, D Semakula, AD Oxman… - The Lancet, 2017 - thelancet.com
Background Claims about what improves or harms our health are ubiquitous. People need
to be able to assess the reliability of these claims. We aimed to evaluate an intervention …

[HTML][HTML] Interventions and assessment tools addressing key concepts people need to know to appraise claims about treatment effects: a systematic mapping review

A Austvoll-Dahlgren, A Nsangi, D Semakula - Systematic reviews, 2016 - Springer
Background People's ability to appraise claims about treatment effects is crucial for informed
decision-making. Our objective was to systematically map this area of research in order to …

Key concepts that people need to understand to assess claims about treatment effects

A Austvoll‐Dahlgren, AD Oxman… - Journal of evidence …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Objective People are confronted with claims about the effects of treatments and health
policies daily. Our objective was to develop a list of concepts that may be important for …

[PDF][PDF] Key concepts for informed health choices: a framework for helping people learn how to assess treatment claims and make informed choices

I Chalmers, AD Oxman… - BMJ Evid Based …, 2018 - en.testingtreatments.org
Many claims about the effects of treatments, though well intentioned, are wrong. Indeed, they
are sometimes deliberately misleading to serve interests other than the well-being of …

Measuring ability to assess claims about treatment effects: the development of the 'Claim Evaluation Tools'

A Austvoll-Dahlgren, D Semakula, A Nsangi… - BMJ open, 2017 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives To describe the development of the Claim Evaluation Tools, a set of flexible items
to measure people's ability to assess claims about treatment effects. Setting Methodologists …

Effects of the Informed Health Choices podcast on the ability of parents of primary school children in Uganda to assess claims about treatment effects: a randomised …

D Semakula, A Nsangi, AD Oxman, M Oxman… - The Lancet, 2017 - thelancet.com
Background As part of the Informed Health Choices project, we developed a podcast called
The Health Choices Programme to help improve the ability of people to assess claims about …

[HTML][HTML] Contextualizing critical thinking about health using digital technology in secondary schools in Kenya: a qualitative analysis

F Chesire, M Ochieng, M Mugisha… - Pilot and Feasibility …, 2022 - Springer
Background Good health decisions depend on one's ability to think critically about health
claims and make informed health choices. Young people can learn these skills through …

Informed health choices intervention to teach primary school children in low-income countries to assess claims about treatment effects: process evaluation

A Nsangi, D Semakula, C Glenton, S Lewin… - BMJ open, 2019 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Background We developed the informed health choices (IHC) primary school resources to
teach children how to assess the trustworthiness of claims about the effects of treatments …

[HTML][HTML] Teaching critical thinking about health using digital technology in lower secondary schools in Rwanda: A qualitative context analysis

M Mugisha, AM Uwitonze, F Chesire, R Senyonga… - PLoS …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Introduction Adolescents encounter misleading claims about health interventions that can
affect their health. Young people need to develop critical thinking skills to enable them to …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of the Informed Health Choices primary school intervention on the ability of children in Uganda to assess the reliability of claims about treatment effects …

A Nsangi, D Semakula, AD Oxman… - Trials, 2020 - Springer
Introduction We evaluated an intervention designed to teach 10-to 12-year-old primary
school children to assess claims about the effects of treatments (any action intended to …