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The Kids Are Alright: Outcome of a Safety Programme for Addressing Childhood Injury in Australia
Globally, injuries are the leading cause of death and represent the highest burden of ongoing disease amongst children 1–16 years of age. Increasingly, prevention programmes are recognising a growing need for intervention strategies that target children. The purpose of this study was to determine th...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8314361/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34708819 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ejihpe11020039 |
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description | Globally, injuries are the leading cause of death and represent the highest burden of ongoing disease amongst children 1–16 years of age. Increasingly, prevention programmes are recognising a growing need for intervention strategies that target children. The purpose of this study was to determine the efficacy of the SeeMore Safety Programme, designed to teach children (4–6 years of age) how to make conscious decisions about their own capabilities related to safety and how to manage risk. This retrospective study examined de-identified pre- and post-programme data from a sample of 1027 4 to 6-year-old pre-school children over the four-year period who participated in the SeeMore Safety Programme. Results show a significant improvement in each of the post-test scores and when compared to the pre-test scores (p < 0.001). Children from rural areas, as well as those from areas of greater disadvantage, also showed significant improvement in their pre- and post-test scores (p < 0.001). Overall, the findings highlight that the SeeMore Safety Programme over the four-year period demonstrates an increase in the children’s capacity to recognise and identify danger and safety amongst all children, offering great promise for reducing the burden of injury on children, their families and society. |
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spelling | pubmed-83143612021-09-15 The Kids Are Alright: Outcome of a Safety Programme for Addressing Childhood Injury in Australia Peck, Blake Terry, Daniel Eur J Investig Health Psychol Educ Article Globally, injuries are the leading cause of death and represent the highest burden of ongoing disease amongst children 1–16 years of age. Increasingly, prevention programmes are recognising a growing need for intervention strategies that target children. The purpose of this study was to determine the efficacy of the SeeMore Safety Programme, designed to teach children (4–6 years of age) how to make conscious decisions about their own capabilities related to safety and how to manage risk. This retrospective study examined de-identified pre- and post-programme data from a sample of 1027 4 to 6-year-old pre-school children over the four-year period who participated in the SeeMore Safety Programme. Results show a significant improvement in each of the post-test scores and when compared to the pre-test scores (p < 0.001). Children from rural areas, as well as those from areas of greater disadvantage, also showed significant improvement in their pre- and post-test scores (p < 0.001). Overall, the findings highlight that the SeeMore Safety Programme over the four-year period demonstrates an increase in the children’s capacity to recognise and identify danger and safety amongst all children, offering great promise for reducing the burden of injury on children, their families and society. MDPI 2021-06-15 /pmc/articles/PMC8314361/ /pubmed/34708819 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ejihpe11020039 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Peck, Blake Terry, Daniel The Kids Are Alright: Outcome of a Safety Programme for Addressing Childhood Injury in Australia |
title | The Kids Are Alright: Outcome of a Safety Programme for Addressing Childhood Injury in Australia |
title_full | The Kids Are Alright: Outcome of a Safety Programme for Addressing Childhood Injury in Australia |
title_fullStr | The Kids Are Alright: Outcome of a Safety Programme for Addressing Childhood Injury in Australia |
title_full_unstemmed | The Kids Are Alright: Outcome of a Safety Programme for Addressing Childhood Injury in Australia |
title_short | The Kids Are Alright: Outcome of a Safety Programme for Addressing Childhood Injury in Australia |
title_sort | kids are alright: outcome of a safety programme for addressing childhood injury in australia |
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url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8314361/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34708819 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ejihpe11020039 |
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