scholarly journals Improving safe street-crossing behaviors among primary school students: a randomized controlled trial

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 308-314
Author(s):  
Hamide Zare ◽  
Shamsadin Niknami ◽  
Alireza Heidarnia ◽  
Mohamad Hossein Fallah
Keyword(s):  
Randomized Controlled Trial ◽  
Primary School ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
Primary School Students ◽  
School Students ◽  
Street Crossing ◽  
Randomized Controlled

Comparison of Interactive Education Versus Fluorescent Concretization on Hand Hygiene Compliance Among Primary School Students: A Randomized Controlled Trial

2018 ◽  
Vol 35 (5) ◽  
pp. 337-347 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emine Öncü ◽  
Sümbüle Köksoy Vayısoğlu ◽  
Diğdem Lafci ◽  
Dilek Yurtsever ◽  
Ebru Ravlı Bulut ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Randomized Controlled Trial ◽  
Hand Hygiene ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Primary School Students ◽  
School Students ◽  
Randomized Controlled ◽  
Interactive Education ◽  
Group I ◽  
Group Ii

Hand hygiene for children is crucial to keep them healthy. The purpose of the study was to evaluate the effects of two educational initiatives on “handwashing effectiveness (HWE).” A randomized controlled trial was carried out during April/June 2016, and 96 primary school students were randomly assigned to Group I receiving education with fluorescent gel; Group II receiving interactive education or control group continuing its normal education. Evaluation was made by scoring the fluorescent areas on the hands with photographs. There were significant differences in handwashing scores between preprogram and postprogram for all areas in only Group II ( p < .05). HWE increased from 17.9% to 18.4% in Group I, from 15.4% to 37.7% in Group II, and from 35.5% to 35.8% in control group. Only concretization with fluorescent gel is not a sufficiently strong motivator for increasing HWE. New techniques should be integrated into the training programs for children.

scholarly journals Effects of sanitary pad distribution and reproductive health education on upper primary school attendance and reproductive health knowledge and attitudes in Kenya: a cluster randomized controlled trial

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Karen Austrian ◽  
Beth Kangwana ◽  
Eunice Muthengi ◽  
Erica Soler-Hampejsek
Keyword(s):  
Randomized Controlled Trial ◽  
Reproductive Health ◽  
Primary School ◽  
School Attendance ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
Gender Norms ◽  
Primary Grade ◽  
Randomized Controlled ◽  
Knowledge And Attitudes ◽  
Cluster Randomized

Abstract Background Adolescent girls’ risk of school dropout and reproductive health (RH) challenges may be exacerbated by girls’ attitudes toward their bodies and inability to manage their menstruation. We assessed effects of sanitary pad distribution and RH education on girls in primary grade 7 in Kilifi, Kenya. Methods A cluster randomized controlled trial design was used. Eligible clusters were all non-boarding schools in three sub-counties in Kilifi County that had a minimum of 25 girls enrolled in primary grade 7. 140 primary schools, 35 per arm, were randomly assigned to one of four study arms: (1) control; (2) sanitary pad distribution; (3) RH education; or (4) both sanitary pad distribution and RH education. Outcomes were school attendance, school engagement, RH knowledge and attitudes, gender norms, and self-efficacy. For outcomes measured both at baseline and endline, difference-in-differences (DID) models were estimated and for outcomes without baseline data available, analysis of covariance models were used. Results The study enrolled 3489 randomly selected girls in primary grade 7, with a mean age of 14.4 (SD 1.5). Girls in arms 2 and 4 received on average 17.6 out of 20 packets of sanitary pads and girls in arms 3 and 4 participated on average in 21 out of 25 RH sessions. Ninety-four percent of the baseline sample was interviewed at the end of the intervention with no differential attrition by arm. There was no evidence of an effect on primary school attendance on arm 2 (coefficient [coef] 0.37, 95% CI − 0.73, 1.46), arm 3 (coef 0.14, 95% CI − 0.99, 1.26) or arm 4 (coef 0.58, 95% CI − .37, 1.52). There was increased positive RH attitudes for girls in arm 3 (DID coef. 0.63, 95% CI 0.40–0.86) and arm 4 (DID coef. 0.85, 95% CI 0.64, − 1.07). There was also an increase in RH knowledge, gender norms and self-efficacy in arms 3 and 4. Conclusions The findings suggest that neither sanitary pad distribution nor RH education, on their own or together, were sufficient to improve primary school attendance. However, as the RH education intervention improved RH outcomes, the evidence suggests that sanitary pad distribution and RH education can be positioned in broader RH programming for girls. Trial registration: ISRCTN, ISRCTN10894523. Registered 22 August 2017—Retrospectively registered, http://www.isrctn.com/ISRCTN10894523

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