Intervention
type-2 diabetes, diabetes
DISEASE, TYPE 2 DIABETES, DISEASES, COMPLICATIONS, DIABETES
The educational intervention was through peer education. Peer education has been employed as an effective strategy to combat diseases around the globe. Accordingly, people with shared characteristics such as age, gender, culture, education, and place of residence are assigned the task of imparting information with the aim of building knowledge and changing attitude and behavior among individuals, groups, and communities. Also, relying on all five senses, this method fosters thinking and creativity.Based on recommended number for small groupsTherefore, eight students known to be bright and keen on teaching were chosen as peer educators following suggestions from teachers and students themselves.Training and briefing the peer educators was carried out by the researcher through a 2-day 2-h after-school workshop with lectures, questions and answers, and other educational tools. These sessions primarily focused on the purpose of education, communicating with students, implementing the intervention program, and the relevant type-2 diabetes discussions. Peers were evaluated by the researcher through pre-test and post-test in each training session. Then, the intervention process for the participants began. The pre-test was administered to both intervention and control groups to determine the educational needs with the aim of designing educational content. The results of statistical analysis helped to design the educational content. And educational content was extracted and prepared based on reliable sources. Educational and communicative strategies were used to implement intervention: eight sessions of 90 min each in a 45-day period. The peer educators taught the students by offering a definition of type-2 diabetes, as well as risk factors, symptoms, the complications of the disease, and the preventive measures. The intervention group received education through lectures, questions and answers, group discussions, pamphlets, messages, and educational video clips (motion graphics).The control group received no treatment or education. Two months after the intervention, the questionnaire was completed again by the members of the control and intervention groups and the data was collected.During the peer education, a school teacher and researcher were present to help maintain classroom order, attracting the cooperation and attention of students, provide support, trouble shooting, monitoring the work of peers and assess of adherence of peers to the protocol. Table Peer-led intervention activities for students• Introduction to the program and Statement of the meeting's objectives• Definition of types of diabetes, type 2 diabetes• Understanding the symptoms of type 2 diabetesLecturesGroup discussion4 Educational messages1 ClipPamphlet• Understanding the risk factors for type 2 diabetes• Understanding the complications of type 2 diabetesGroup discussion7 Educational messages1ClipPamphletGroup discussion2 Educational messages1ClipPamphletGroup discussion8 Educational messages1ClipPamphletGroup discussion8 Educational messages1ClipPamphletGroup discussion8 Educational messages1ClipPamphlet