Publications by authors named "M A Oxman"
Introduction: We assessed the effects of the Informed Health Choices (IHC) secondary school intervention on students' ability to think critically about choices 1 year after the intervention.
Methods: We randomized eighty secondary schools to the intervention or control (usual curriculum). The schools were randomly selected from the central region of Uganda and included rural and urban, government, and privately-owned schools.
Introduction: We designed the Informed Health Choices (IHC) secondary school intervention and evaluated whether it improves students' ability to assess the trustworthiness of claims about treatment effects in Uganda. We conducted a process evaluation alongside a randomized trial to identify factors that may affect the implementation, fidelity, and scaling up of the intervention in Uganda. We also explored the potential adverse and beneficial effects of the intervention.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: We evaluated the Informed Health Choices secondary school intervention to help students in Kenya think critically about health choices. We conducted this process evaluation to explore if the intervention was implemented as planned, identify factors that facilitated or hindered implementation, potential benefits of the intervention, and how to scale up the intervention beyond the trial.
Methods: This was a mixed methods process evaluation nested in a cluster-randomized trial of the Informed Health Choices intervention.
Introduction: We evaluated the Informed Health Choices secondary school intervention in a cluster randomized trial in Rwanda. The intervention was effective in helping students to think critically about health. In parallel to the trial, we conducted a process evaluation to assess factors affecting the implementation, impacts, and scale-up of the intervention.
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- Critical thinking about health choices is important for students to make informed decisions and avoid misinformation; this study evaluates a school-based intervention aimed at enhancing critical thinking in adolescents.
- Conducted in Kenya, Rwanda, and Uganda, the intervention involved teacher training and digital resources, focusing on key health concepts, and included over 11,000 students across 244 schools.
- After one year, results showed that students in the intervention schools had better test scores compared to baseline, with a significant improvement in passing rates, though retention decreased over time.