Student Behavior in School Accident Precautions

Accidents are an important public health problem due to temporary or permanent disability and deaths. Injuries are among the most important causes of death and lifelong disability between the ages of 5-14. Children at these ages spend long hours at school and are physically very active in school. It is reported that 15% of child accidents occur at school. For this reason, it is important to increase the standard of knowledge of children to improve their behavior towards safety precautions.

Purpose of this study is to research the impact of the education that has given towards the health belief model, for the behavior of children about precautions against school accidents. This study is Quasi-experimental study. There will a experiment and a control group in the study. Within the scope of the study, the researcher will train students about school accidents and how to prevent them for 30 minutes a week at the total of 4 weeks. No intervention will be applied to the control group. The scale will be applied to the students, before the training and afterwards to determine the behaviors of students towards safety precautions in school accidents.

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Key information

Conditions

Health Behavior Behavior

Age range

9 year–11 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Afyonkarahisar Health Sciences University

Afyonkarahisar, Turkey (Türkiye)

About this study

The behavior score averages and standard deviations of the two groups in a previous study (Dilek, 2018) and the effect size were calculated to determine the sample size of the study. Power analysis (significance level 0.05 for type 1 error, effect size 0.50, and power 0.95). (Gpower 3.1 version) was carried out. In the power analysis, the minimum number of participants was 87 in the experimental group and 87 in the control group.

In this context, the research will be conducted with 100 participants in each group, taking into account the possibility that non-parametric statistics may need to be used due to the non-normal distribution of the dependent variable, incomplete and erroneous data, and absenteeism.

Experimental and control groups will be selected from the branches 3rd and 4th grade. 3 branches will be selected for the experimental group and 3 branches for the control group. Branches will be determined by drawing. In order not to interfere with the education of students during the training, the groups will be designated as class branches.

Ethical permission was obtained from the Ethics Committee of Afyonkarahisar Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi (Afyonkarahisar Health Sciences University) (date: 03.June 2022; Number: 2022/340)

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

Being educated in 3rd and 4th grade
Volunteer to participate in the research
Consent of the student's parent
Speak and understand Turkish

Exclusion criteria

Being visually and hearing impaired
Using a language other than Turkish
Not willing to participate in the study

Treatment and study plan

Education

Behavioral

Students selected for the experimental group will be trained by the researcher for school accidents prepared in line with the components of the Health Belief Model.The training program will be planned as 30 minutes per week for 4 weeks. Before the training and at the end of the training (at the end of the 4th week), the students will be applied personal information form and a behavior scale for safety precautions in school accidents.

Primary outcomes

Behavior Towards The Security Precautions Against School Accidents

Time frame: The scale was applied once at the beginning of the study and again at the end of the study (4th week).

Students' behaviors regarding safety measures in school accidents were measured through a scale. A total score was obtained based on students' responses to the scale. Statistical analysis was conducted according to the obtained scores.

The information related to the scale is provided below. Scale of Behavior Towards The Security Precautions Against School Accidents: Student behaviors will be determined with this scale. It is a 5-point Likert-type scale consisting of 40 items and was developed by Gür and Yıldız (2009). The scale allows for a minimum score of 40 and a maximum score of 200. The highest score obtained from the scale indicates that the student has taken safety measures for school accidents at the highest level.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Afyonkarahisar Health Sciences University

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Registry information

Official study title

The Effect of the Health Belief Model-Based Intervention in Primary School 3rd and 4th Grade Students' Behavior on Safety Precautions for Preventing Accidents at School

Important dates

Study start: 2022
Primary completion: 2022
Study completion: 2022
First posted: Oct 13, 2022
Registry last updated: Jan 8, 2026

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