ArticleInjury prevention : journal of the International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention2003
Design and implementation of injury prevention curricula for elementary schools: lessons learned.
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- Basic swimming or water safety skills training for drowning prevention in children: an updated systematic review.Frontiers in public health · 2025Pooled it
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- School-based education programmes for the prevention of unintentional injuries in children and young people.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2016Pooled it
- Preventing unintentional injuries to children under 15 years in the outdoors: a systematic review of the effectiveness of educational programs.Injury prevention : journal of the International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention · 2012Pooled it
- Non-legislative interventions for the promotion of cycle helmet wearing by children.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2011Pooled it
- Interventions for promoting smoke alarm ownership and function.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2001Pooled it
- Are there missed warning signals before traffic-related traumatic spinal cord injury? An exploratory case-control study using electronic health records.Ulusal travma ve acil cerrahi dergisi = Turkish journal of trauma & emergency surgery : TJTES · 2026Article
- Effectiveness of road safety interventions: An evidence and gap map.Campbell systematic reviews · 2024Article
- Self-reported injuries and correlates among school-going adolescents in three countries in Western sub-Saharan Africa.BMC public health · 2022Article
- Health in disasters in Iranian schools: A systematic review.Journal of education and health promotion · 2021Review
- Review of school fires in Iran: the causes, consequences and lessons learned.Annals of burns and fire disasters · 2020Article
- The association of road safety knowledge and risk behaviour with paediatric road traffic injury in Guangzhou, China.Injury prevention : journal of the International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention · 2011Article
- School accidents in Austria.Pediatric surgery international · 2007Article
- Evaluated community fire safety interventions in the United States: a review of current literature.Journal of community health · 2006Review
- School injuries and preventive policies and programs.Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publiqueArticle
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objectivesProject objectives were to: (1) design and produce an easy-to-use, replicable comprehensive injury prevention curriculum for elementary schools; (2) pilot the program to determine instructors' ease in teaching the material and its usefulness in enhancing student knowledge and behavior change; (3) present material in subject-integrated, grade-specific lessons that would meet state and national student learning objectives; and (4) submit and obtain adoption of the curriculum by the State Department of Education.
methodsA pilot program was developed, implemented, and evaluated in six intervention and six control schools. The curriculum was revised and implemented in five other schools and finalized according to evaluation results and teachers' and parents' suggestions. Community resources such as police, fire, and county health departments participated in program implementation.
resultsThe program showed a significant increase from 21% to 36% in seatbelt use during the school year in program schools compared with a 1% decrease in control schools. Bicycle helmet use increased from 0% to 10% in the program schools. Pre-test and post-test results showed significant differences in student knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors within the program schools, and in comparing the program and control schools. On a Likert scale of 1 (poor) to 7 (excellent), teachers rated lesson content, exercises, and the usefulness of materials and resources as 5.8, 5.5, and 5.4, respectively. Evaluations for the revised curricula ranged from 5.7 to 6.2.
conclusionsThe favorable evaluation results resulted in the adoption of the curriculum as a state textbook, and widespread teaching of the curriculum. The product is appropriate and efficacious in these elementary schools and their communities.
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