Revista de Enfermagem da Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (Aug 2020)

Educational intervention in first aid for basic education students

  • Monalise Mara Rocha Santana,
  • Luana Vieira Toledo,
  • Tiago Ricardo Moreira,
  • Katiusse Rezende Alves,
  • Luciane Ribeiro,
  • Flávia Batista Barbosa de Sá Diaz

DOI
https://doi.org/10.5902/2179769236507
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 0
pp. e70 – e70

Abstract

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Objective: to compare the knowledge of basic education students about first aid before and after an educational intervention on the subject. Method: quasi-experimental study, conducted with 67 eighth-grade students of a public school, during 2015, in a city of Minas Gerais. Pre- and post-test instruments were applied for data collection, which were later compiled in Epi InfoTM software version 7 and analyzed by Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) version 20. Results: there was a statistically significant improvement (P0.05) in the participants’ knowledge after the educational intervention for most of the topics addressed. Conclusion: the educational intervention in first aid for schoolchildren was effective and demonstrated the emerging need to implement subjects that address these contents in the basic education curriculum.

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