Wilson Donna M, Chamberland Carrie, Hewitt Jessica A
Faculty of Nursing, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.
Glob J Health Sci. 2012 Feb 29;4(2):77-86. doi: 10.5539/gjhs.v4n2p77.
Injuries are a leading cause of childhood death and disability. Many injuries are a result of youths taking risks and not avoiding risky situations. An educational program to reduce adolescent injury risk (Prevent Alcohol and Risk-Related Trauma in Youth) has operated out of the Misericordia Hospital in Edmonton Canada since 1992. This reality-based program was evaluated to see if it was impacting program participants. An increase in correct answers for some knowledge, behavior, and attitude questions were found at one week and one month following this 1-day reality-based program. This program was thus considered as having some relevancy in educating grade-9 youths. Although a longitudinal study is needed to determine if this relevancy is long term, this study highlights the importance of reality-based public health programs.
伤害是儿童死亡和残疾的主要原因。许多伤害是青少年冒险且不回避危险情况所致。自1992年以来,一项旨在降低青少年伤害风险的教育项目(预防青少年酒精及与风险相关的创伤)一直在加拿大埃德蒙顿的慈悲医院开展。该基于现实的项目接受了评估,以确定其是否对项目参与者产生影响。在这个为期1天的基于现实的项目结束后的一周和一个月,发现一些知识、行为和态度问题的正确答案有所增加。因此,该项目被认为在教育九年级青少年方面具有一定相关性。尽管需要进行纵向研究来确定这种相关性是否长期存在,但这项研究凸显了基于现实的公共卫生项目的重要性。