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Effects of spinal health educational programs for elementary school children
Author(s) -
Park Jeonghwan,
Kim JinSun
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal for specialists in pediatric nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.499
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 1744-6155
pISSN - 1539-0136
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-6155.2011.00278.x
Subject(s) - health education , intervention (counseling) , medicine , educational program , psychology , physical therapy , medical education , nursing , public health , political science , law
Purpose. This study examined the effects of spinal health educational programs. Design and Methods. A nonequivalent control‐group pretest–posttest design was used. Participants were 88 fifth‐grade elementary schoolchildren. Three groups were compared: a Web‐based program group, a traditional face‐to‐face program group, and a control group. Results. In both intervention groups, the changes for spinal health knowledge and self‐efficacy were significantly higher than those of the control group. However, the changes of spinal health practices were not significantly different. Practice Implications. A Web‐based spinal health education program is a convenient and flexible health educational approach that was as effective in this study as traditional face‐to‐face instruction.