Public Health Messaging during the COVID-19 Pandemic and Its Impact on Family Caregivers' COVID-19 Knowledge.
Healthc Policy
; 18(1): 75-89, 2022 08.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-2030347
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Enabling accurate, accessible public health messaging is a critical role of public health officials during a pandemic, but family caregivers of people living with dementia (PLWD) have rarely been specifically addressed in public health messaging.OBJECTIVE:
The objective of this study was to examine how family caregivers for people living with dementia access and evaluate public health messaging in Alberta.METHOD:
An online survey was conducted with family caregivers for PLWD (n = 217).RESULTS:
Most respondents rated public health messaging as good or excellent (63.9%), but specific information about how to access caregiving information (69.5%) and what to expect in the future (49.1%) was rated as less than good. Family caregivers also identified how to care for a PLWD during the pandemic (57.5%) as a key information need. Healthcare providers/workers were the least frequently used source of public health messaging. Almost all family caregivers (94.4%) rated their own COVID-19 knowledge as good or excellent.DISCUSSION:
Tailored, context-driven public health messaging for family caregivers of PLWD is critically needed.
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Dementia
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Experimental Studies
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Observational study
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Qualitative research
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Healthc Policy
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
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