Enhancing listening skills among future public health professionals: a pre-post educational intervention study

Training undergraduate students in active listening represents a promising and feasible approach for enhancing communication skills within behavior-change education. Future studies should build on these findings by incorporating objective assessments of listening skill application to further strengthen evidence for this educational approach.

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Frontiers in Public Health
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2025-11-20
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https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2025.1637788
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Communication in Education and Healthcare
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Abstract

Training undergraduate students in active listening represents a promising and feasible approach for enhancing communication skills within behavior-change education. Future studies should build on these findings by incorporating objective assessments of listening skill application to further strengthen evidence for this educational approach.

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