@article{ref1,
title="Improving safe street-crossing behaviors among primary school students: a randomized controlled trial",
journal="Health promotion perspectives",
year="2018",
author="Zare, Hamide and Niknami, Shamsaddin and Heidarnia, Alireza and Fallah, Mohamad Hossein",
volume="8",
number="4",
pages="308-314",
abstract="<b>Background:</b> Child pedestrian injury is a global public health concern. Our aim in the present study was to investigate the effects of active learning-based educational intervention on street-crossing behavior among male primary school students in Mehriz county, Iran. <b>Methods:</b> In this randomized controlled trial, 90 first grade elementary school students(experiment = 50, control group = 48) participated. The &quot;ASSURE Model&quot; was applied to design the template of this active learning-based educational program, which was implemented for the experiment group in eight sessions. Behaviors of the students about ''looking for vehicles on the street'', &quot;being cautious of dangers'' and ''crossing from safe places'' were observed and documented in actual traffic environments before, 1 week, and 6 months after intervention. <b>Results:</b> One week and 6 months after the intervention, the experiment group's performance in all 3 behaviors were significantly improved (P < 0.001). Distraction-adjusted differences in the mean scores of behaviors between the experiment (Mean = 2.62) and control (Mean = 3.19)groups before and 6 months after intervention (Mean in experiment groups = 6.3, Mean in control group = 4.24) were also statistically significant (P < 0.001). <b>Conclusion:</b> Our educational intervention was found to be helpful in promoting the street crossing behaviors of primary school-aged children. School healthcare professionals may apply active learning education as the core category of their interventional programs to promote street-crossing behaviors among primary school students.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2228-6497",
doi="10.15171/hpp.2018.44",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.15171/hpp.2018.44"
}