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Enora Le Roux
AP-HP.Nord-université de Paris, Hôpital Universitaire Robert Debré
Corresponding Author
ORCiD: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2238-7133
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Background
A public health student service was set up by the French government in 2018 with the aim of increasing awareness of primary health promotion among the 47,000 students of medicine and other health professions. It is an annual program involving community-based actions nutrition, physical activity, addiction or sexuality. Our objective was to evaluate its implementation at local level and the different experiences of the stakeholders.
Methods
A quasi-experimental study using process evaluation was performed in a Faculty of Medicine in Paris. Quantitative and qualitative data were collected from medical students who carried out preventive health actions, in the institutions in which the actions took place and from a subsample of beneficiaries.
Results
One hundred and eight actions were carried out by 341 students in 23 educational or social institutions, mostly high schools (n=12, 52%). Two thirds of the students did not feel sufficiently prepared to deliver preventive health interventions (65.7%, 224/341); however the beneficiaries found that the interventions were good (278/280, 99,2%). Nineteen (83%) of the host institutions agreed to welcome health service students again, of which 9 required some modifications. For students, the reporting of a satisfactory health service experience was associated with the reporting of skills or knowledge acquisition (p<0.01). Delivering actions in high schools and to a medium-sized number of beneficiaries per week was associated with students’ satisfaction. No effect of gender or theme of prevention was observed. For 248/341 (72.7%) students, the public health service program prompts them to address prevention issues in the future.
Conclusion
The public health service undertaken by medical students through the program is a feasible and acceptable means of delivering preventive actions. Reinforcement of training and closer interaction with the host institutions would improve results.
Keywords
Medical students, prevention, education, implementation, process evaluation
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Supplementary material 1 Title: TIDIeR checklist of health service intervention. Description: Description of the health service program (studied intervention) and details on its local implementation.
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Supplementary material 2 Title: Figure of the percentage of students satisfied of their experience of health service relating to the numbers of positive impacts of health service they reported. Description: Percentage of students satisfied of their experience of health service relating to the numbers of positive impacts of health service they reported (willingness to change behavior; acquisition of knowledge on the theme of the action, acquisition of new skills in prevention, ease of addressing prevention issues in the future).
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Research article
Enora Le Roux
AP-HP.Nord-université de Paris, Hôpital Universitaire Robert Debré
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ORCiD: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2238-7133
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No community comments so far
Editorial decision: Minor revision
On 26 Nov, 2020
Review #2 received
Received 23 Nov, 2020
Reviewer #2 agreed
On 22 Sep, 2020
Review #1 received
Received 27 Aug, 2020
Reviewer #1 agreed
On 07 Aug, 2020
Reviewers invited
Invitations sent on 04 Aug, 2020
Editor assigned
On 12 Jul, 2020
Submission checks complete
On 11 Jul, 2020
Editor invited
On 11 Jul, 2020
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Background
A public health student service was set up by the French government in 2018 with the aim of increasing awareness of primary health promotion among the 47,000 students of medicine and other health professions. It is an annual program involving community-based actions nutrition, physical activity, addiction or sexuality. Our objective was to evaluate its implementation at local level and the different experiences of the stakeholders.
Methods
A quasi-experimental study using process evaluation was performed in a Faculty of Medicine in Paris. Quantitative and qualitative data were collected from medical students who carried out preventive health actions, in the institutions in which the actions took place and from a subsample of beneficiaries.
Results
One hundred and eight actions were carried out by 341 students in 23 educational or social institutions, mostly high schools (n=12, 52%). Two thirds of the students did not feel sufficiently prepared to deliver preventive health interventions (65.7%, 224/341); however the beneficiaries found that the interventions were good (278/280, 99,2%). Nineteen (83%) of the host institutions agreed to welcome health service students again, of which 9 required some modifications. For students, the reporting of a satisfactory health service experience was associated with the reporting of skills or knowledge acquisition (p<0.01). Delivering actions in high schools and to a medium-sized number of beneficiaries per week was associated with students’ satisfaction. No effect of gender or theme of prevention was observed. For 248/341 (72.7%) students, the public health service program prompts them to address prevention issues in the future.
Conclusion
The public health service undertaken by medical students through the program is a feasible and acceptable means of delivering preventive actions. Reinforcement of training and closer interaction with the host institutions would improve results.
This is a list of supplementary files associated with this preprint. Click to download.
- Suppfile1.pdf
Supplementary material 1 Title: TIDIeR checklist of health service intervention. Description: Description of the health service program (studied intervention) and details on its local implementation.
- Suppfile2.pdf
Supplementary material 2 Title: Figure of the percentage of students satisfied of their experience of health service relating to the numbers of positive impacts of health service they reported. Description: Percentage of students satisfied of their experience of health service relating to the numbers of positive impacts of health service they reported (willingness to change behavior; acquisition of knowledge on the theme of the action, acquisition of new skills in prevention, ease of addressing prevention issues in the future).
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