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Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health. 2013 Jul 4;44(4):630-5.
Effects of an influenza prevention program using non-pharmaceutical prevention measures to improve the knowledge, attitudes and practices of elementary school students in Nakhon Phanom province, Thailand.
Mangklakeeree N, Pinitsoontorn S, Srisaenpang S.
Source
Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand.
Abstract
We evaluated an influenza prevention educational program using educational media, e-books and cartoons conducted among students in grades 4 through 6. The course was 8 hours long. The study was conducted at 4 schools; 230 students at each school were in the experimental group and 224 students at each school were in the control group (no educational intervention). The data were analyzed using the Wilcoxon matched-pair signed-rank test. The students in the experimental group had significantly greater knowledge (p<0.001), attitudes (p<0.001) and practices (p<0.001) scores after the intervention. However, the control group also had significantly greater knowledge (p<0.001) and attitudes (p<0.001) scores but not practices scores (p = 0.326). Further studies are needed to determine the factors that influenced these differences.
PMID:
24050096
[PubMed - in process]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24050096
Effects of an influenza prevention program using non-pharmaceutical prevention measures to improve the knowledge, attitudes and practices of elementary school students in Nakhon Phanom province, Thailand.
Mangklakeeree N, Pinitsoontorn S, Srisaenpang S.
Source
Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand.
Abstract
We evaluated an influenza prevention educational program using educational media, e-books and cartoons conducted among students in grades 4 through 6. The course was 8 hours long. The study was conducted at 4 schools; 230 students at each school were in the experimental group and 224 students at each school were in the control group (no educational intervention). The data were analyzed using the Wilcoxon matched-pair signed-rank test. The students in the experimental group had significantly greater knowledge (p<0.001), attitudes (p<0.001) and practices (p<0.001) scores after the intervention. However, the control group also had significantly greater knowledge (p<0.001) and attitudes (p<0.001) scores but not practices scores (p = 0.326). Further studies are needed to determine the factors that influenced these differences.
PMID:
24050096
[PubMed - in process]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24050096