The Effects of the Program Promoting Self-Efficacy for School Age Children on Knowledge and Skills related to First Aid and Basic Life Support

Authors

  • Chawisa Rattanakamonkarn Division of Maternal and Child Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Huachiew Chalemprakiet University
  • Piyarat Samantarath Division of Maternal and Child Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Huachiew Chalemprakiet University
  • Onanong Chawsarn Division of Maternal and Child Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Huachiew Chalemprakiet University
  • Suwaree Posri Division of Maternal and Child Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Huachiew Chalemprakiet University
  • Onanong Buala Division of Maternal and Child Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Huachiew Chalemprakiet University
  • Kanokporn Nateetanasombat Division of Maternal and Child Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Huachiew Chalemprakiet University
  • Aree Mungkietisakul Division of Maternal and Child Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Huachiew Chalemprakiet University
  • Buakaew Chidecharoen Division of Maternal and Child Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Huachiew Chalemprakiet University
  • Sudarat Simsen Division of Maternal and Child Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Huachiew Chalemprakiet University
  • Chaveewan Tangamatakul Division of Maternal and Child Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Huachiew Chalemprakiet University
  • Chidchanok Sittarstasak Division of Maternal and Child Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Huachiew Chalemprakiet University
  • Itsaree Luengwilai Division of Maternal and Child Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Huachiew Chalemprakiet University

Keywords:

self-efficacy promoting program, first aid, basic life support, school age children

Abstract

This quasi-experimental study with one-group pretest-posttest design was aimed to examine the effects of the program promoting self-efficacy for school age children on knowledge and skills related to first aid and basic life support. The samples were 30 Youth Village Health Volunteers chosen by the teachers from students in grade four through grade six at Watbangchalongnok school and Suraobangkasee school, Samutprakarn province. The data were collected during September to October 2019. The research instruments consisted of the program promoting self-efficacy in first aid and basic life support, the knowledge and skills related to first aid and basic life support assessment forms, developed by the researchers and were approved for content validity by three experts. The reliability of the knowledge assessment form using Kuder-Richardson Method was .78 and the skill assessment form using Cronbach’s alpha coefficient was .76. Data were analyzed using Paired t-test. The finding demonstrated after enrolled the program promoting self-efficacy for school age children, participants' scores on knowledge and skills related to first aid and basic life support were significantly higher, compared to before enrolling program (t= 12.07, p<.05 and t= 10.95, p<.05 respectively). The results of this study suggest that the program promoting self-efficacy for school age children enhance children's knowledge and skills related to first aid and basic life support.

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Published

2023-05-27

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Rattanakamonkarn C, Samantarath P, Chawsarn O, Posri S, Buala O, Nateetanasombat K, Mungkietisakul A, Chidecharoen B, Simsen S, Tangamatakul C, Sittarstasak C, Luengwilai I. The Effects of the Program Promoting Self-Efficacy for School Age Children on Knowledge and Skills related to First Aid and Basic Life Support . Journal of Health Sciences and Wellness [Internet]. 2023 May 27 [cited 2024 Nov. 22];27(1):135-46. Available from: https://he01.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/HCUJOURNAL/article/view/250694

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