EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM FOR THE PROMOTION OF KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES AND PREVENTIVE PRACTICES FOR CHILDREN IN RELATION TO TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS: EXPERIMENTAL STUDY.

Autor: Freitas CKAC; Universidade Federal de Sergipe, Lagarto, SE, Brazil., Rodrigues MA; Escola Superior de Enfermagem de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal., Parreira PMSD; Escola Superior de Enfermagem de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal., Santos ACFSD; Universidade Federal de Sergipe, Lagarto, SE, Brazil., Lima SVMA; Universidade Federal de Sergipe, Lagarto, SE, Brazil., Fontes VS; Universidade Federal de Sergipe, Lagarto, SE, Brazil., Freitas JPA; Universidade Federal de Sergipe, Lagarto, SE, Brazil., Santos JMJ; Universidade Federal de Sergipe, Lagarto, SE, Brazil., Mota ECH; Universidade Federal de Sergipe, Lagarto, SE, Brazil.
Jazyk: English; Portuguese
Zdroj: Revista paulista de pediatria : orgao oficial da Sociedade de Pediatria de Sao Paulo [Rev Paul Pediatr] 2019 Jul 04; Vol. 37 (4), pp. 458-464. Date of Electronic Publication: 2019 Jul 04 (Print Publication: 2019).
DOI: 10.1590/1984-0462/;2019;37;4;00012
Abstrakt: Objective: To evaluate knowledge, attitudes and preventive practices on traffic accidents in schoolchildren, before and after the implementation of a health education program.
Methods: Experimental study carried out in two public schools in Northeastern Brazil. The sample was composed of 173 children from 3rd to 5th grade and was randomized into Experimental Group (EG; n=0) and Control Group (CG; n=8). The educational program was carried out at EG with the use of the educational therapeutic method (Health Magic Box). The data were obtained through the questionnaire Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices (KAP), applied at the beginning of the study, before any educational actions, and one month after the experimental treatment. Paired Student's t-test was used to compare the moments before and after the intervention in the EG and initial and final evaluation in the CG.
Results: The children in the EG and CG were similar in relation to sociodemographic variables, and no significant difference was observed in the level of knowledge, attitudes and preventive practices on traffic accidents between the groups in the initial evaluation. One month after the experimental treatment, a significant improvement in knowledge was observed in EG (p=0.027). Preventive attitudes and practices were also higher in children in the EG, but without significant differences in relation to CG (p=0.060 and p=0.282, respectively).
Conclusions: The educational intervention increased the level of knowledge and maintained the preventive attitudes and practices on traffic accidents at the same level in 3rd-5th grade students.
Databáze: MEDLINE
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