TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2014//
TI  - Does the "Teddy Bear Hospital" enhances preschool children's knowledge? A pilot study with a pre/post-case control design in Germany
JO  - Journal of health psychology
A1  - Leonhardt, Corinna
A1  - Margraf-Stiksrud, Jutta
A1  - Badners, Larissa
A1  - Szerencsi, Andrea
A1  - Maier, Rolf F.
SP  - 1250
EP  - 1260
VL  - 19
IS  - 10
N2  - The 'Teddy Bear Hospital' is a medical students' project, which has been increasingly established in many countries. To evaluate this concept, we examined the effects of a German Teddy Bear Hospital on children's knowledge relating to their body, health and disease. Using a quasi-experimental pre/post design, we examined 131 preschool children from 14 German kindergartens with pictorial interview-based scales. The analysis of covariance revealed that the children who visited the Teddy Bear Hospital had a significantly better knowledge concerning their body, health and disease than the children from the control group. This German Teddy Bear Hospital is a good health education vehicle for preschool children.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1359-1053
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1359105313488975
ID  - ref1
ER  -