ERIC Number: EJ1106953
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2016-Aug
Pages: 6
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-1059-8405
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Using Puppets to Teach Schoolchildren to Detect Stroke and Call 911
Sharkey, Sonya; Denke, Linda; Herbert, Morley A.
Journal of School Nursing, v32 n4 p228-233 Aug 2016
To overcome barriers to improved outcomes, we undertook an intervention to teach schoolchildren how to detect a stroke and call emergency medical services (EMS). We obtained permission from parents and guardians to use an 8-min puppet show to instruct the fourth, fifth, and sixth graders about stroke detection, symptomatology, and calling EMS. A pretest and three posttests--one immediately following the presentation, one at 3 months, and a third at 6 months--were administered. Responses from 282 students were evaluable. Significant improvements (p < 0.001) in knowledge were found through all posttests in identifying what parts of the body stroke affected and through the first two posttests in recognizing symptoms stroke victims experienced. Students demonstrated at pretest a high awareness of EMS and 911 (97.5%) and showed slight, but not significant, improvement over time.
Descriptors: Intervention, Emergency Medical Technicians, Emergency Programs, Medical Services, Heart Disorders, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Pretests Posttests, Health Education, Human Body, Familiarity, Chronic Illness, Quasiexperimental Design, Readability, Readability Formulas
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Grade 4; Intermediate Grades; Elementary Education; Grade 5; Middle Schools; Grade 6
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Texas
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Flesch Kincaid Grade Level Formula; Flesch Reading Ease Formula
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