Stevenson T, Lennie J
Communication Centre, Faculty of Business, Queensland University of Technology, Australia.
Health Educ Res. 1992 Dec;7(4):555-66. doi: 10.1093/her/7.4.555.
This paper outlines a 2 year community-based action research program to develop strategies for increasing bicycle helmet wearing by children from a rural town in Queensland, Australia. The results of six program components are provided: student observations, focus groups (n = 50), baseline survey (n = 565), student workshops (n = 80), meeting with student representatives (n = 4) and helmet trialing program (n = 17). The children were encouraged to become active participants in the research and to develop practical strategies to increase helmet wearing. The main barriers to helmet wearing reported were poor design and peer group derision. The majority of children never wore a helmet and only 7% wore one whenever bicycle riding. Strategies suggested to make helmets more acceptable were: develop more comfortable and fashionable designs, and lower helmet costs. Students taking part in the baseline survey and workshops disagreed that helmet wearing should be compulsory; however, in later workshops and focus groups students said this was the only sure way of getting students to wear helmets. The program was not evaluated because of the non-interventionist strategy recommended by the students and the introduction of compulsory helmets. However, the project demonstrated that action research can be successfully used with children.
本文概述了一项为期两年的基于社区的行动研究计划，旨在制定策略，以提高澳大利亚昆士兰州一个乡村小镇儿童佩戴自行车头盔的比例。文中提供了该计划六个组成部分的结果：学生观察、焦点小组（n = 50）、基线调查（n = 565）、学生工作坊（n = 80）、与学生代表会面（n = 4）以及头盔试用计划（n = 17）。鼓励孩子们积极参与研究，并制定切实可行的策略来提高头盔佩戴率。报告显示，佩戴头盔的主要障碍是设计不佳和同伴嘲笑。大多数孩子从不戴头盔，只有7%的孩子在骑自行车时总是戴着头盔。为使头盔更易被接受而提出的策略包括：设计更舒适、时尚的款式，并降低头盔成本。参与基线调查和工作坊的学生不同意强制佩戴头盔；然而，在后来的工作坊和焦点小组中，学生们表示这是让学生佩戴头盔的唯一可靠方法。由于学生建议采用非干预策略以及引入了强制佩戴头盔的规定，该计划未进行评估。不过，该项目表明行动研究可以成功地应用于儿童。
