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Effects of Education Programs on School Students' Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice Regarding First Aid for a Choking Person in Saudi Arabia

Mohammed A. Abdelmalik
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Mohammead O. Mohammead
,
Almoez M. Mohammed
,
Adel M. Abdalla
,
Abdalrahman A. Saeed
,
Binyameen M. Sambu
,
Ibrahim A. Abbakr
,
Mohamed A. Beraima
Version 1 : Received: 21 March 2022 / Approved: 28 March 2022 / Online: 28 March 2022 (03:17:55 CEST)

How to cite: Abdelmalik, M.A.; Mohammead, M.O.; Mohammed, A.M.; Abdalla, A.M.; Saeed, A.A.; Sambu, B.M.; Abbakr, I.A.; Beraima, M.A. Effects of Education Programs on School Students' Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice Regarding First Aid for a Choking Person in Saudi Arabia. Preprints 2022, 2022030352. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202203.0352.v1 Abdelmalik, M.A.; Mohammead, M.O.; Mohammed, A.M.; Abdalla, A.M.; Saeed, A.A.; Sambu, B.M.; Abbakr, I.A.; Beraima, M.A. Effects of Education Programs on School Students' Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice Regarding First Aid for a Choking Person in Saudi Arabia. Preprints 2022, 2022030352. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202203.0352.v1

Abstract

Choking and foreign body aspiration are significant causes of mortality and morbidity in young youngsters. This study aimed to investigate the effects of education programs on school students ' knowledge, attitude, and practice towards a choking person. This quasi-experimental study with a pretest-posttest control group design included a total of 282 school students. The students were divided into an intervention group (n = 141) and a control group (n = 141). After both groups completed the pretest, the intervention group received an education program on first aid for a choking person. Then, both groups were subjected to a posttest at the end of the program. The descriptive and inferential statistics analyzed the data. There were no significant differences between the two groups within the study parameters at the pretest (P = > 0.05). However, at posttest, a significant difference was observed in the knowledge (p = 0.001), attitude (p = 0.024), and practice (p = 0.001) of the intervention group compared to the control group. The intervention group showed significant improvement in the students’ knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding first aid for a choking person. We suggest a continuous training program to improve the competency of first aid for a choking person.

Keywords

Education program; school students; knowledge; attitude; practice; choking person

Subject

Public Health and Healthcare, Primary Health Care

Copyright: This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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