Effects of spinal health educational programs for elementary school children
- 28 March 2011
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Journal for Specialists in Pediatric Nursing
- Vol. 16 (2), 121-129
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1744-6155.2011.00278.x
Abstract
This study examined the effects of spinal health educational programs. 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. 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. 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.Keywords
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