Effectiveness of a Nurse-led Educational Program Toward Drowning Prevention Among Preschool Children

Authors

  • Nalinnipha Withee Faculty of Public Health, Mahidol University
  • Plernpit Boonyamalik Faculty of Public Health, Mahidol University
  • Sunee Lagampan Faculty of Public Health, Mahidol University

Keywords:

Drowning Prevention, Health Beliefs Model

Abstract

The objective of this Quasi-experimental study research was to investigate effectiveness of a nurse-led educational program toward drowning prevention among preschool children by applying the theory of Health Beliefs Model. The sample consisted of 60 preschool children aged 3-5 years and 60 parents in Child Development Centers, Ubon Ratchathani Province. Sample was selected using purposive sampling. The experimental group received a nurse-led educational program toward drowning prevention among preschool children. Children’s activities were to educate and parent’s activities were building perception related to susceptibility, severity, benefits and barriers of drowning among children for parents. The study period was 4 weeks. The data collection tools were the knowledge interviewing for children which reliability (KR-20) was 0.7 and the questionnaire that inquired parents’ perception of susceptibility, severity, benefits, barriers, and behaviors on child drowning prevention with the Cronbach’s alpha reliability coefficient were 0.7, 0.86, 0.86, 0.89 and 0.85, respectively. Data were collected before and after participating in the program. Data were analyzed by descriptive statistics, pair t-test, and independent t-test.

The results of this research indicated that after the experiment, the children in experimental group have higher knowledge score and their parents’ perceived susceptibility, perceived severity, perceived benefits, perceived barriers and parent’s drowning preventive behavior were higher than before and higher than the control group with a statistical significance level (p-value <.05).

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02-10-2022

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Withee N, Boonyamalik P, Lagampan S. Effectiveness of a Nurse-led Educational Program Toward Drowning Prevention Among Preschool Children. J Royal Thai Army Nurses [Internet]. 2022 Oct. 2 [cited 2024 Mar. 29];23(2):321-9. Available from: https://he01.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/JRTAN/article/view/247057

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