| On the road with injury prevention-an analysis of the efficacy of a mobile injury prevention exhibit. | |
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PMID: 22072036 Owner: NLM Status: In-Data-Review |
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BACKGROUND: : To assess the effectiveness of a mobile injury prevention vehicle (mobile safety street [MSS]) with a hands-on curriculum on instruction and retention of safety knowledge compared with traditional classroom safety curriculum among grade 5 elementary school children. METHODS: : Grade 5 students (n = 1,692) were asked to participate in the study as either the intervention group (MSS experience) or the comparison group (traditional classroom safety curriculum). Each student in the intervention group was asked to complete a series of three surveys. The first survey was given before the MSS visit (Fall 2009), the second immediately following the MSS visit (Fall 2009), and a third given 6 months after the MSS visit (Spring 2010) to measure knowledge retention. Students in the comparison group were asked to complete two surveys. The first survey was given at the same time as the intervention group (Fall 2009) and the second was given after the completion of the traditional classroom safety curriculum (Spring 2010). RESULTS: : Students scored on average 5.67 of 10 (5.56-5.80) before any safety instruction was given. After MSS instruction, mean scores showed a significant increase to 7.43 of 10 (7.16-7.71). Such increase was still measurable 6 months after the intervention 7.34 (7.04-7.66). The comparison group saw a significant increase in their mean scores 6.48 (6.10-6.89), but the increase was much smaller than the intervention group. CONCLUSIONS: : Community-based injury prevention programs are essential to reducing preventable injury and deaths from trauma. This study demonstrates that a hands-on program is more effective than traditional methods for providing safety knowledge. |
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Mariann Manno; Allison Rook; Amanda Yano-Litwin; Louise Maranda; Andrew Burr; Michael Hirsh |
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Type: Journal Article |
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Title: The Journal of trauma Volume: 71 ISSN: 1529-8809 ISO Abbreviation: J Trauma Publication Date: 2011 Nov |
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Created Date: 2011-11-10 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 0376373 Medline TA: J Trauma Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: S505-10 Citation Subset: AIM; IM |
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From the Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine/Department of Pediatrics (M.M.), Division of Pediatric Surgery/Department of Surgery (A.R., A.B., M.H.), Division of Clinical Research/Department of Pediatrics (L.M.), UMassMemorial Children's Medical Center, Worcester, Massachusetts. |
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