School of Nursing, Ohio University, 5499 Lehman Meadows Drive, Canal Winchester, OH 43110, USA.
Accid Anal Prev. 2024 Aug;203:107618. doi: 10.1016/j.aap.2024.107618. Epub 2024 May 11.
The objective of this project was to determine how a virtual educational intervention on Child Passenger Safety (CPS) impacts post-intervention knowledge and self-efficacy levels.
The intervention included watching a video related to CPS and completing a virtual car seat check with a certified Child Passenger Safety Technician (CPST). A quantitative pre- and post-test project design was utilized. Self-efficacy was measured using a confidence assessment and knowledge level was measured with a comprehension test. Participants were included if they had access to the internet, were English speaking, and parents or caregivers of children aged 12 years or younger. The program was active between February and April of 2021. Out of 58 individuals who expressed interest in participating in the program, the completion rate was 41 %. There were 24 participants who completed all steps of the intervention with a range in days to completion of 59 days.
A video-based education intervention combined with completing a virtual car seat check with a CPST was shown to have a statistically significant impact on the knowledge and self-efficacy levels surrounding the use and installation of Child Safety Seats (CSSs) by parents and caregivers. There were a total of 34 car seats that were assessed during the virtual car seat checks and results showed that 65.6% of the car seats that were assessed on arrival had at least 1 error present. In whole, there were 34 car seat errors identified by the CPSTs throughout this project timeline.
A video-based educational intervention combined with a virtual car seat check with a certified CPST has a positive impact on the knowledge and self-efficacy levels of participants. The data analysis shows the project was a successful and meaningful intervention to promote improvements in the field of CPS. This study design allows for the implementation of additional resources and supports for CPS within rural areas and at-risk populations and can help to address public health issues related to a lack of resources based on geographic location.
本项目旨在确定虚拟儿童乘客安全（CPS）教育干预对干预后知识和自我效能水平的影响。
该干预措施包括观看与 CPS 相关的视频，并与经过认证的儿童乘客安全技术人员（CPST）一起完成虚拟汽车座椅检查。采用定量的预测试和后测试项目设计。使用信心评估来衡量自我效能，使用理解测试来衡量知识水平。如果参与者可以访问互联网、说英语，并且是 12 岁或以下儿童的父母或看护人，则可以参与该计划。该项目于 2021 年 2 月至 4 月期间开展。在表示有兴趣参与该计划的 58 人中，完成率为 41%。有 24 名参与者完成了干预的所有步骤，完成时间范围为 59 天。
基于视频的教育干预与 CPST 一起完成虚拟汽车座椅检查被证明对父母和看护者在使用和安装儿童安全座椅（CSS）方面的知识和自我效能水平有统计学意义的影响。在虚拟汽车座椅检查期间共评估了 34 个汽车座椅，结果显示，到达时评估的汽车座椅中有 65.6%至少存在 1 个错误。在整个项目期间，CPST 总共发现了 34 个汽车座椅错误。
基于视频的教育干预与 CPST 进行的虚拟汽车座椅检查相结合对参与者的知识和自我效能水平有积极影响。数据分析表明，该项目是促进 CPS 领域改进的成功且有意义的干预措施。这种研究设计允许在农村地区和高危人群中为 CPS 实施额外的资源和支持，并有助于解决因地理位置缺乏资源而导致的与公共卫生相关的问题。
