Evaluating `Safe in the Sun', a curriculum programme for primary schools

McWhirter, Jenny; Collins, M. Elizabeth; Bryant, Ian; Wetton, Noreen; Newton-Bishop, Julia

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“…This method has been used to explore children's views about a range of health topics, including HIV/AIDS, drugs, and skin cancer [14,18-20]. We used it to explore primary schoolchildren's perceptions of healthy and diseased eyes, things that keep eyes healthy and damage them, and what action to take in case of an eye injury.…”

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Perceptions of eye health in schools in Pakistan

Ahmad

Khan

et al. 2006

BMC Ophthalmol

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BackgroundResearch exploring children's and their teachers' perceptions of eye health is lacking. This paper reports for the first time on perceptions of primary schoolchildren and their teachers of healthy and diseased eyes, things that keep eyes healthy and damage them, and what actions to be taken in case of an eye injury.MethodsUsing draw and write technique, 160 boys and girls (9–12 years old) attending four primary schools in Abbottabad district, northern Pakistan, were invited to draw pictures in response to a set of semi-structured questions and then label them. Sixteen teachers who were currently teaching the selected students were interviewed one-on-one.ResultsAnalysis of text accompanying 800 drawings and of the interview scripts revealed that most children and teachers perceived healthy eyes to be those which could see well, and diseased eyes to be those which have redness, watering, dirty discharge, pain, and itching; or those which have "weak eyesight" and blindness. Among things that students and teachers thought damage the eyes included sun, television, and sharp pointed objects, particularly pencils. Teachers noted that children with eye problems "have difficulty seeing the blackboard well", "screw up their eyes", and "hold their books too close".ConclusionWe conclude that schoolchildren and their teachers had a good knowledge of eye health, but many of them had serious misconceptions e.g., use of kohl, medicines and eye drops keeps eyes healthy. Kohl is an important source of lead and can reduce children's intelligence even at low blood levels. Health education in schools must take into account children's existing knowledge of and misconceptions about various aspects of eye health. Such steps if taken could improve the relevance of eye health education to schoolchildren.

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Perceptions of eye health in schools in Pakistan

Ahmad

Khan

et al. 2006

BMC Ophthalmol

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“…Sería ideal institucionalizar un programa educativo escolar dedicado a este tema, dictado por los profesores, y que involucre a los padres, quienes tienen gran influencia en el comportamiento de los niños, para así lograr una mayor efectividad, tal como se ha demostrado en otros estudios (17)(18)(19).…”

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Impacto de un programa de foto-educación en los conocimientos y hábitos de una población escolar.

Cruz¹,

Hormaza²,

Díaz³

et al. 2005

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Introducción. Colombia está expuesta todo el año a altos índices de radiación ultravioleta. Aunque aún no se cuenta con estadísticas precisas del cáncer cutáneo, se sabe que este problema es una causa frecuente de consulta, presentándose cada día en personas más jóvenes. Por esta razón, se realizó un trabajo de foto-educación en colegios de estrato socioeconómico 1 a 4 en Cali. Objetivo. Determinar el impacto de la foto-educación en los conocimientos y prácticas de fotoprotección en una población escolar. Materiales y métodos. Se estudiaron 547 niños de kinder hasta tercero de primaria provenientes de cuatro colegios de estratos 1 a 4. Se evaluaron los conocimientos y hábitos en el tema mediante una encuesta. Un colegio estrato 1-2 y otro de estrato 3-4 recibieron el programa de foto-educación. Los dos colegios restantes, uno estrato 1-2 y otro estrato 3-4 fueron los controles no intervenidos. Posteriormente, se aplicó la misma encuesta en los cuatro colegios y se realizó el análisis estadístico para evaluar el impacto de la foto-educación, comparando los intervenidos con los no intervenidos. Resultados. Se evidenció un cambio estadísticamente significativo en los conocimientos y hábitos adecuados a favor de los colegios intervenidos. La foto-educación fue más efectiva en los estratos socioeconómicos más bajos. Discusión. Se demostró cómo con un programa sencillo se logró brindar foto-educación a niños de estratos 1 a 4, y cómo los estratos más bajos demostraron ser los más susceptibles de mejorar. Conclusiones. Se requiere un seguimiento en el tiempo para evaluar la duración de los conocimientos y convertir este tipo de programas en campañas continuas y generalizadas, preferentemente como parte del pensum escolar.Palabras clave: educación, prevención y control de neoplasmas cutáneos. Impact of a UV education program on the knowledge and behavior in elementary school childrenIntroduction. Colombians are exposed year round to high doses of ultraviolet radiation. Although no reliable epidemiological data are available for the incidence of skin cancer, it is a frequent pathology not limited to advanced age classes. Objective. The current study was done at elementary schools in Cali in zones categorized at socioeconomic levels 1 to 4 to evaluate the impact of a photo-education program for its effect on the knowledge and behavior of a group of elementary school children. Materials and methods. Five hundred forty-seven children from kindergarten to grade three were evaluated in 4 schools categorized in socioeconomic levels 1 to 4. The students were interviewed to evaluate their knowledge and behavior with regard to effects of UV exposure. One school rated at level 1-2 and one school at level 3-4 received education on UV protection. Other two schools, rated at levels 1-2 and 3-4 each received no education on UV protection.The questionnaire was repeated in the 4 schools, and a statistical analysis was done to evaluate the impact the education program had on educated and control groups. Results. The children that receive...

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“…Moreover, it has been demonstrated that the length of the intervention in sun education is associated with the duration of the effect (Hewitt et al, 2001). In contrast, multiunits presentation in which the sun protection message is repeated through long programmes over months and years induced improvements both in knowledge and children's behaviour (Ramstack et al, 1986;Girgis et al, 1993;Buller et al, 1996;Bastuji-Garin et al, 1999;McWhirter et al, 2000).…”

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Prospective trial on a school-based skin cancer prevention project

Quéreux¹,

Nguyen²,

Volteau

et al. 2009

European Journal of Cancer Prevention

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The objective of this study was to assess the impact of an educational programme on both children's knowledge and behaviour towards the sun. The study included 282 children aged between 8 and 11 years in their third year of primary school coming from 13 schools in the Nantes area (located in the west of France). It was a two-arm opened control trial, with group A in which the children were taught by their teacher about their skin and sun protection, according to the programme called 'to live with the sun' and a control group (B) in which the children did not receive any educational programme about sun protection. Self-administrated questionnaires at the baseline, posttest and follow-up were used to assess knowledge and behaviour of the students. The data were paired to follow the evolution of each child and a knowledge score and a sun protection habits score were calculated. At the baseline there was no significant difference in knowledge and sun protection habits scores between the two groups. Six months after the educational prevention programme we observed a knowledge score significantly higher in group A (mean: 7.66) compared with group B (mean: 6.77) (P<0.00001), but concerning the sun protection habits score there was no significant difference between the two groups. The programme had a beneficial effect on the children's knowledge persisting for at least a few months but had no impact on their behaviour towards the sun.

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Evaluating `Safe in the Sun', a curriculum programme for primary schools

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Perceptions of eye health in schools in Pakistan

Perceptions of eye health in schools in Pakistan

Impacto de un programa de foto-educación en los conocimientos y hábitos de una población escolar.

Prospective trial on a school-based skin cancer prevention project

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