Liller K D, Craig J, Crane N, McDermott R J
University of South Florida College of Public Health, Department of Community and Family Health, Tampa 33612, USA.
Inj Prev. 1998 Sep;4(3):218-21. doi: 10.1136/ip.4.3.218.
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the MORE HEALTH poison prevention lesson that is given to kindergarten and third grade students in Hillsborough County, Florida. The lesson reaches approximately 6000 students per year.
The evaluation was based on a post-test only control group design. Three schools were chosen as evaluation sites and three served as control settings. Students were administered a previously tested, age appropriate questionnaire that addressed the goals of the poison lessons. In addition, a survey was developed for intervention school parents to determine their poison prevention practices.
One hundred ninety four intervention schoolchildren and 184 control schoolchildren completed the study. Children in the intervention schools consistently answered more questions correctly than those in the control schools. The parent survey showed that the majority have homes that are safe from poisons, although fewer than 50% said they had syrup of ipecac in their homes.
These results show that key concepts related to poison prevention can be communicated effectively to primary school students and parents report having homes safe from many poisons.
本研究旨在评估佛罗里达州希尔斯伯勒县面向幼儿园和三年级学生开展的“更多健康”预防中毒课程。该课程每年惠及约6000名学生。
评估基于仅进行后测的对照组设计。选取三所学校作为评估地点，另外三所作为对照学校。学生们接受了一份先前经过测试、适合其年龄的问卷，该问卷涉及中毒课程的目标。此外，还为干预学校的家长设计了一项调查，以确定他们的预防中毒措施。
194名干预学校的学童和184名对照学校的学童完成了研究。干预学校的儿童正确回答的问题始终比对照学校的儿童多。家长调查显示，大多数家庭没有中毒风险，不过不到50%的家长表示家中备有吐根糖浆。
这些结果表明，与预防中毒相关的关键概念能够有效地传达给小学生，并且家长报告称其家庭没有多种中毒风险。
