TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2022//
TI  - Enhancing parental knowledge of childhood and adolescence safety: an interventional educational campaign
JO  - Medicine (Baltimore)
A1  - Temsah, Mohamad-Hani
A1  - Aljamaan, Fadi
A1  - Alhaboob, Ali
A1  - Almosned, Badr
A1  - Alsebail, Raghad
A1  - Temsah, Reem
A1  - Senjab, Abdulrahman
A1  - Alarfaj, Abdulrahman
A1  - Aljudi, Talal
A1  - Jamal, Amr
A1  - Habash, Alia
A1  - Alsohime, Fahad
A1  - Almazyad, Mohammed
A1  - Alabdulhafid, Majed
A1  - Hasan, Gamal
A1  - Assiri, Raghad Asaad
A1  - Alqahtani, Wa'ad Massoud Almunassir
A1  - Alherbish, Adi
A1  - Alhasan, Khalid
A1  - Al-Eyadhy, Ayman
SP  - e28649
EP  - e28649
VL  - 101
IS  - 3
N2  - BACKGROUND: Safeguarding children and adolescents from unintentional injuries is a significant concern for parents and caregivers. With them staying more at home during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, more educational tools and valid educational programs are warranted to improve parental knowledge and awareness about childhood and adolescences' safety. This study aims to explore the effectiveness of childhood and adolescence safety campaigns on parents' knowledge and attitude toward preventable injuries. <br><br>METHODS: This was a pre-post experimental study, in which the predesigned assessments were used as an evaluation tool before and after attending a childhood and adolescence safety campaign. The pre-post assessment question included questions to evaluate the socio-demographic status, followed by knowledge questions in line with the current childhood and adolescence safety campaign. The outcomes of interest were assessed before and after attending the campaign's stations. <br><br>RESULTS: Three hundred eight parents volunteered to participate in this study. Their knowledge score improved from 36.2 [standard deviation (SD) 17.7] to 79.3 (SD 15.6) after attending the Campaign (t value = 34.6, P < .001). Both, perceptions on the preventability of accidents and the parents' perceived usefulness of educational campaigns showed improvements, with (t value = 6.3, P < .001) and (t value = 3.097, P < .001), respectively. <br><br>CONCLUSION: The educational childhood and adolescence safety campaign for caregivers in Saudi Arabia resulted in a significant increase in the overall knowledge and attitudes toward childhood and adolescence's safety. As children and adolescents are currently staying at home more, additional educational tools and programs are warranted to promote safe practices among parents and caregivers.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0025-7974
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000028649
ID  - ref1
ER  -