Phase five: Feasibility study
The research project ‘CaLioS’ included five phases: four focused on research and one on the development of an educational website. (see overview of the phases). Here you can learn more about the feasibility study concerning this educational website. This website can be useful so that you can learn more about cancer and the challenges and strategies to overcome it.
This website can be of useful to …
- People personally affected by cancer: cancer patients, family members
- People working with cancer patients: current and future healthcare professionals
- The public and people interested in learning more about cancer
- The government and decision makers
But do we know if the website is accepted and helps cancer patients?
Help us to find it out.
Warm invitation to participate in this study
Cancer patients and champions
How can you participate?
- Fill in the first questionnaire (end of January/beginning February 2025)
- Use the website and watch videos
- Fill in the second questionnaire (end of March)
Thank you for participating.
We are pleased to inform you that more than 800 people participate in the baseline survey and more than 500 people participated in the follow-up survey.
Nursing and medical students
How can you participate?
- Fill in the first questionnaire (end of January/beginning February 2025)
- Use the website and watch videos
- Fill in the second questionnaire (beginning of March)
- Attend a focus group discussion on how videos can be used in the university education
Thank you for participating.
We are pleased to inform you that more than 400 students from 3 different universities and 2 different courses have participated in this online intervention. Moreover, we could conduct 6 focus group discussions with 4 to 14 participants each.
People working with cancer patients
How can you participate?
- Use the website and watch videos
- Fill in the questionnaire one time and share your feedback (February till April)
Thank you for participating
The research proposal for feasibility study was reviewed and approved by the Institutional Scientific and Ethics Research Commissions of the Mount Kenya University (Nr. 3257) and of the University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany (Nr. 24-1475-S2). The research permit was granted by the Kenyan National Commission for Science, Technology & Innovation (NACOSTI/P/24/42242).
Principal Investigators: Dr Stefanie Harsch, Dr Victor Oria, supported by Dr Dinah Kassaman, Dr Ruth Mbugua, Dr Sarah Beth, Dr Nilufar Jivraj and other researchers
Organisation: University of Freiburg, Center for Medicine and Society, Germany; Integrated Cancer Research Foundation of Kenya, Kenya, and collaborating partners
Funded through the German Alliance for Global Health Research by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research
Project name: CaLioS – Promoting cancer-related health literacy through online stories in Sub-Saharan Africa, using Kenya as an example