Assessing the impact of an online dementia awareness initiative co-created with and for English, Arabic and Vietnamese speaking communities: A case study.

Ali, Y; Caballero, GE; Shatnawi, E; Dadich, A; Steiner-Lim, GZ; Alliance, CBD; DiGiacomo, M; Karamacoska, D

Assessing the impact of an online dementia awareness initiative co-created with and for English, Arabic and Vietnamese speaking communities: A case study.

Ali, Y Caballero, GE Shatnawi, E Dadich, A Steiner-Lim, GZ Alliance, CBD DiGiacomo, M

Karamacoska, D

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Citation:: Health Expect, 2024, 27, (2), pp. e14026
Issue Date:: 2024-04

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dc.contributor.author	Ali, Y
dc.contributor.author	Caballero, GE
dc.contributor.author	Shatnawi, E
dc.contributor.author	Dadich, A
dc.contributor.author	Steiner-Lim, GZ
dc.contributor.author	Alliance, CBD
dc.contributor.author	DiGiacomo, M https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5484-8224
dc.contributor.author	Karamacoska, D
dc.date.accessioned	2024-05-05T23:48:53Z
dc.date.available	2024-03-12
dc.date.available	2024-05-05T23:48:53Z
dc.date.issued	2024-04
dc.identifier.citation	Health Expect, 2024, 27, (2), pp. e14026
dc.identifier.issn	1369-6513
dc.identifier.issn	1369-7625
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/178664
dc.description.abstract	BACKGROUND: Awareness and understanding of dementia remain limited in ethnically diverse populations in multicultural societies due to culturally inappropriate and inaccessible information. OBJECTIVE: To establish the impact, helpers and hinderers of an online multilingual dementia awareness initiative co-created with and for English, Arabic and Vietnamese speaking people. DESIGN: A case study using mixed methods to assess the impact and implementation of an information session on dementia knowledge. SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS: The study was conducted with English, Arabic and Vietnamese speaking individuals in Canterbury-Bankstown, Australia. INTERVENTION STUDIED: A dementia alliance co-created an online multilingual dementia information session, which was delivered synchronously in English, Arabic and Vietnamese by trained facilitators. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: In-session group discussions, quizzes and a postsession survey assessed the impact on dementia knowledge. A postimplementation focus group explored the factors that helped and hindered the initiative. RESULTS: The online dementia information session successfully supported participants understanding of dementia causes, impacts and care strategies. The initiative was hindered by competing priorities and limited accessibility to target audiences, while it was helped by the support of an established organisation and feedback mechanisms. DISCUSSION: Ongoing dementia education and awareness-raising campaigns that are culturally sensitive are needed in communities to promote dementia literacy and help-seeking. CONCLUSIONS: An online multilingual dementia information session can be an effective way to improve dementia literacy and advocate for change in multicultural communities. PATIENT OR PUBLIC CONTRIBUTION: English, Arabic and Vietnamese speaking members of the Canterbury Bankstown Dementia Alliance participated in the co-creation and evaluation of this initiative.
dc.format	Print
dc.language	eng
dc.publisher	WILEY
dc.relation.ispartof	Health Expect
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1111/hex.14026
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.subject	1110 Nursing, 1117 Public Health and Health Services, 1701 Psychology
dc.subject.classification	Public Health
dc.subject.classification	4203 Health services and systems
dc.subject.classification	4206 Public health
dc.subject.mesh	Humans
dc.subject.mesh	Vietnam
dc.subject.mesh	Australia
dc.subject.mesh	Cultural Diversity
dc.subject.mesh	Education, Continuing
dc.subject.mesh	Dementia
dc.subject.mesh	Humans
dc.subject.mesh	Dementia
dc.subject.mesh	Cultural Diversity
dc.subject.mesh	Education, Continuing
dc.subject.mesh	Vietnam
dc.subject.mesh	Australia
dc.subject.mesh	Humans
dc.subject.mesh	Vietnam
dc.subject.mesh	Australia
dc.subject.mesh	Cultural Diversity
dc.subject.mesh	Education, Continuing
dc.subject.mesh	Dementia
dc.title	Assessing the impact of an online dementia awareness initiative co-created with and for English, Arabic and Vietnamese speaking communities: A case study.
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	27
utslib.location.activity	England
utslib.for	1110 Nursing
utslib.for	1117 Public Health and Health Services
utslib.for	1701 Psychology
pubs.organisational-group	University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Health
pubs.organisational-group	University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Health/IMPACCT
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dc.date.updated	2024-05-05T23:48:48Z
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BACKGROUND: Awareness and understanding of dementia remain limited in ethnically diverse populations in multicultural societies due to culturally inappropriate and inaccessible information. OBJECTIVE: To establish the impact, helpers and hinderers of an online multilingual dementia awareness initiative co-created with and for English, Arabic and Vietnamese speaking people. DESIGN: A case study using mixed methods to assess the impact and implementation of an information session on dementia knowledge. SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS: The study was conducted with English, Arabic and Vietnamese speaking individuals in Canterbury-Bankstown, Australia. INTERVENTION STUDIED: A dementia alliance co-created an online multilingual dementia information session, which was delivered synchronously in English, Arabic and Vietnamese by trained facilitators. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: In-session group discussions, quizzes and a postsession survey assessed the impact on dementia knowledge. A postimplementation focus group explored the factors that helped and hindered the initiative. RESULTS: The online dementia information session successfully supported participants understanding of dementia causes, impacts and care strategies. The initiative was hindered by competing priorities and limited accessibility to target audiences, while it was helped by the support of an established organisation and feedback mechanisms. DISCUSSION: Ongoing dementia education and awareness-raising campaigns that are culturally sensitive are needed in communities to promote dementia literacy and help-seeking. CONCLUSIONS: An online multilingual dementia information session can be an effective way to improve dementia literacy and advocate for change in multicultural communities. PATIENT OR PUBLIC CONTRIBUTION: English, Arabic and Vietnamese speaking members of the Canterbury Bankstown Dementia Alliance participated in the co-creation and evaluation of this initiative.

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