Podcast acceptance for pedagogy: the levels and significant influences

Construction and validation of podcast for teen sexual and reproductive health education

OBJECTIVE

to construe and validate a podcast for teen sexual and reproductive health education.

METHOD

a methodological study was conducted based on Freire's perspective. The podcast was construed based on the Knowledge about Sexuality Questionnaire applied to 60 adolescents and an integrative literature review. Eleven experts conducted the validation process. Internal consistency was evaluated using Item-level Content Validity Index ≥0.78 and Cronbach's alpha ≥0.700.

RESULTS

four podcast episodes were produced with the adolescents' participation using the radio play format, addressing sex and sexuality, contraceptive methods, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) and other sexually transmitted infections. The podcast episodes last between 8 and 11 minutes and was validated with Item-level Content Validity Index = 0.87 and Cronbach's alpha = 0.951.

CONCLUSION

the podcast was validated for teen sexual and reproductive health education and constitutes a tool for health professional practices, particularly nurses, as well as autonomous use by adolescents.

(1) Adolescents helped construct the technology. (2) Podcast is an easy-to-access, low-cost educational resource. (3) The radio play format emulates the target audience’s style and language. (4) The podcast format is little used by nursing, especially in health education. (5) The unpublished and judge-validated podcast is available for free.

New Media, New Practices? A Study of the First Spanish Podcast Community and Its Pioneers

About to celebrate its first two decades of life, podcasting is one of the fastest-growing mediums in recent years. This medium, promoted from the amateur sphere as a result of the arrival of Web 2.0, has become an increasingly professional practice thanks to the work of major production companies and platforms such as Spotify. In this context of increasing professionalization, this paper aims to investigate the origins of podcasting in Spain in order to analyze the decisive role that the first community of Spanish amateur podcasters played in its development. An ethnographic research study, focused on the first seven years of the medium in this country (2004–2010), was carried out. The study was based on interviews with the pioneers, a review of source documents, and participant observation. The difficulties and the main milestones related to the medium’s origin are analyzed. Likewise, the parallels between the beginning of this practice and the role assumed by radio amateurs at the beginning of radio in Spain a century ago are discussed. This parallel trajectory linking the origin of both media (radio and podcast) can be useful to envision a perspective on the possible developments of podcasting in the coming years.

Construção e validação de podcast para educação em saúde sexual e reprodutiva de adolescentes

Resumo Objetivo: construir e validar o conteúdo de um podcast para educação em saúde sexual e reprodutiva de adolescentes. Método: estudo metodológico embasado na perspectiva freiriana. Para a construção do podcast foi aplicado o Questionário de Conhecimento sobre Sexualidade a 60 adolescentes e realizada revisão integrativa da literatura. Onze especialistas realizaram o processo de validação da tecnologia. Adotou-se o Item-level Content Validity Index ≥ 0,78 e alfa de Cronbach ≥0,700 para avaliar a consistência interna do instrumento. Resultados: foram produzidos, com participação dos adolescentes em todo o processo, quatro episódios de podcast utilizando-se da peça radiofônica abordando os temas relação sexual e sexualidade, métodos contraceptivos, Vírus da Imunodeficiência Humana (HIV) e Síndrome da Imunodeficiência Adquirida (AIDS) e outras infecções sexualmente transmissíveis. O podcast apresenta episódios com duração entre 8 e 11 minutos e foi validado com Item-level Content Validity Index = 0,87 e alfa de Cronbach = 0,951. Conclusão: o podcast foi validado para educação em saúde sexual e reprodutiva de adolescentes e constitui uma ferramenta para as práticas de profissionais de saúde, particularmente os enfermeiros, bem como uso autônomo pelos adolescentes.