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Peer education program to improve fluid consumption in primary schools—lessons learned from an innovative pilot study
| العنوان: | Peer education program to improve fluid consumption in primary schools—lessons learned from an innovative pilot study |
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| المؤلفون: | Zs. Soósné Kiss, J. Vitrai, J. Takács, J.Á. Lukács, A. Falus, H.J. Feith |
| المصدر: | Heliyon, Vol 10, Iss 5, Pp e26769- (2024) |
| بيانات النشر: | Elsevier, 2024. |
| سنة النشر: | 2024 |
| المجموعة: | LCC:Science (General) LCC:Social sciences (General) |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Health promotion, Peer education, Fluid consumption, Primary school, Science (General), Q1-390, Social sciences (General), H1-99 |
| الوصف: | Background: Although it is widely recognized that more attention needs to be paid to children's fluid intake, there is little information on how to improve it. Peer education has been suggested as an effective approach to changing health behaviors among school children. As a new approach, our study piloted a peer education program to improve children's fluid intake in primary schools. Methods: University students were prepared for their role as peer educators in an elective university course, including the concept of peer education and different pedagogical methods. The peer educators evaluated the training process by completing a questionnaire. The intervention took place during a School Health Day led by the peer educators. An anonymous survey with a questionnaire on knowledge of fluid intake was administered two weeks before, at the end of, and 15 weeks after the intervention. Changes in hydration knowledge were tested using repeated measures ANOVA. Results: The pilot program showed increased knowledge about fluid consumption (p |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article |
| وصف الملف: | electronic resource |
| اللغة: | English |
| تدمد: | 2405-8440 |
| Relation: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844024028007; https://doaj.org/toc/2405-8440 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e26769 |
| URL الوصول: | https://doaj.org/article/3891beb5df614d11a0366724c4e35454 |
| رقم الأكسشن: | edsdoj.3891beb5df614d11a0366724c4e35454 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
Full Text Finder | تدمد: | 24058440 |
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| DOI: | 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e26769 |