Effect of the Dutch school-based education programme ‘Taste Lessons’ on behavioural determinants of taste acceptance and healthy eating: a quasi-experimental study

AbstractObjectiveTo assess the effect of the Dutch school-based education programme ‘Taste Lessons’ on children’s behavioural determinants towards tasting unfamiliar foods and eating healthy and a variety of foods.DesignIn a quasi-experimental study design, data on behavioural determinants were collected at baseline, four weeks and six months after the intervention in both the intervention and control group. Children completed consecutively three questionnaires in which knowledge, awareness, skills, attitude, emotion, subjective norm and intention towards the two target behaviours were assessed. Teachers implemented on average a third of the programme activities. Multilevel regression analyses were conducted to compare individual changes in the determinants in the intervention group with those in the control group, corrected for children’s gender and age. Effect sizes were expressed as Cohen’s d.SettingDutch elementary schools.SubjectsForty-nine classes (1183 children, 9–12 years old) in grades 5–8 of twenty-one elementary schools.ResultsThe intervention group showed a higher increase in knowledge (d=0·26, P<0·01), which persisted after six months (d=0·23, P<0·05). After four weeks, the intervention group showed a higher increase in number of foods known (d=0·22, P<0·05) and tasted (d=0·21, P<0·05), subjective norm of the teacher (d=0·17, P<0·05) and intention (d=0·16, P<0·05) towards the target behaviours.ConclusionsPartial implementation of Taste Lessons during one school year showed small short-term effects on increasing behavioural determinants in relation to tasting unfamiliar foods and eating healthy and a variety of foods. Full and repeated implementation of Taste Lessons in subsequent years might result in larger effects.

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Controlled administration of cannabis to mitigate cannabis-attributable harm among recreational users: a quasi-experimental study in Germany

F1000Research ◽

10.12688/f1000research.22612.2 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 9 ◽

pp. 201

Author(s):

Jakob Manthey ◽

Jens Kalke ◽

Jürgen Rehm ◽

Moritz Rosenkranz ◽

Uwe Verthein

Keyword(s):

Experimental Study ◽

Intervention Group ◽

The Body ◽

Ethical Review ◽

Control Group ◽

Multilevel Regression ◽

Total N ◽

Federal Institute ◽

Quasi Experimental ◽

Regulation Model

Background: New approaches are required to slow down or reverse increasing trends of levels of delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and cannabis-attributable hospitalizations in Germany. Legal access to cannabis may constitute one viable effective policy response; however, available evidence does not suffice to inform a regulation model for Germany. The proposed study aims to reduce harm for cannabis users through legal access to herbal cannabis through pharmacies. Protocol: A quasi-experimental study comparing cannabis users with legal access to herbal cannabis (Berlin, intervention group) to those without legal access (Hamburg, control group) (total N=698). As the primary outcome, we hypothesize that: 1) illegal THC consumption will reduce by at least 50% in the intervention group and 2) total THC exposure in the intervention group will be reduced by at least 10% lower than that of the control group, taking into account baseline values. Secondary outcomes comprise measures of frequency of use, THC-impaired driving, and mode of administration. Paired t-tests and multilevel regression models will be performed for statistical analyses. Discussion: This study proposal is currently being reviewed by the ‘Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices’ – the body responsible for approving research studies on classified substances, including cannabis. Upon approval and prior to the start of the study, a full ethical review will be undertaken. Results may inform a regulation model for Germany and other jurisdictions and are expected to deepen the understanding of the effects of legal access to cannabis. Pre-registration: German Clinical Trials Register (DRKS), DRKS00020829

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Controlled administration of cannabis to mitigate cannabis-attributable harm among recreational users: a quasi-experimental study in Germany

F1000Research ◽

10.12688/f1000research.22612.1 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 9 ◽

pp. 201

Author(s):

Jakob Manthey ◽

Jens Kalke ◽

Jürgen Rehm ◽

Moritz Rosenkranz ◽

Uwe Verthein

Keyword(s):

Experimental Study ◽

Intervention Group ◽

The Body ◽

Ethical Review ◽

Control Group ◽

Multilevel Regression ◽

Total N ◽

Federal Institute ◽

Quasi Experimental ◽

Regulation Model

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Effectiveness of “Hand Hygiene Fun Month” for Kindergarten Children: A Pilot Quasi-Experimental Study

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph17197264 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 17 (19) ◽

pp. 7264

Author(s):

Lorna Kwai Ping Suen ◽

Janet Pui Lee Cheung

Keyword(s):

Experimental Study ◽

Hand Hygiene ◽

School Health ◽

Intervention Group ◽

Kindergarten Children ◽

School Level ◽

Control Group ◽

Hygiene Practices ◽

Quasi Experimental ◽

Experimental Group

Early childhood is a formative period during which healthy habits are developed, including proper hand hygiene practices. The aim of this quasi-experimental study was to determine the effectiveness of a 4-week series of educational sessions that consider the cognitive developmental stage of children on increasing their knowledge and promoting hand hygiene practices. The intervention group (n = 33) observed the hand hygiene program, whereas another group served as the waitlist control (n = 20). Creative activities were planned for the illustration of hand hygiene concepts in terms of “right moments”, “right steps”, and “right duration”. Hand sanitizer coverage was evaluated using a hand scanner. After the intervention, the experimental group had higher knowledge level toward hand hygiene than the control group (p < 0.001). Significant improvements in hand hygiene performance at the left palm and dorsum (p < 0.05), right palm (p < 0.05), and overall hand coverage (p < 0.05) were observed in the experimental group. The study demonstrated that the knowledge and proper hand hygiene (HH) practice of children can be positively influenced by the use of an age-appropriate education program. The results of this study have implications for school health educators and parents for promoting HH practices among children at home and at the school level.

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Immunization competence retention in medical students: a comparation between conventional lectures and lectures with simulations method

Paediatrica Indonesiana ◽

10.14238/pi55.6.2015.339-44 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 55 (6) ◽

pp. 339 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Hartono Gunadi ◽

Rini Sekartini ◽

Retno Asti Werdhani ◽

Ardi Findyartini ◽

Muhammad Arvianda Kevin Kurnia

Keyword(s):

Experimental Study ◽

Medical Students ◽

Medical School ◽

Intervention Group ◽

Control Group ◽

Vaccine Preventable Diseases ◽

Before And After ◽

Quasi Experimental

Background Immunization is recognized as one of the strategiesto reduce vaccine preventable diseases. Competency related toimmunization are consequently important for medical students andthe medical school needs to assure the competence acquisition.Objective To assess competence related to immunization andits retention following lectures with simulations compared tolectures only.Methods A quasi-experimental study was conducted to the 5th yearstudents of University of Indonesia Medical School during the ChildAdolescent Health Module in 2012-2013. The intervention grouphad lectures with simulations and the control group had lecturesonly. Immunization knowledge was assessed with a 30 multiplechoice question (MCA) items performed before and after themodule. Competence retention was assessed by MCQ (knowledge)and OSCE (skills) 2-6 months afterwards.Results Sixty eight subjects for each group with similarcharacteristics were analyzed. There was significant differenceafter module MCQ score between two groups. Competenceretention in 2-6 months after module completion was betterin intervention group, both for the knowledge (median MCQscore of 70.00 (range 37-93) vs. mean score of 58.01 (SD 12.22),respectively; P<0.001) and skill (OSCE mean scores of 75.21 (SD10.74) vs. 62.62 (SD 11.89), respectively; P < 0.001). Proportionof subjects in the intervention group who passed both the MCQand OSCE were also significantly greater.Conclusion Lectures with simulations are proved to bemore effective in improving medical students’ immunizationcompetence as well as its retention compared to lectures onlyapproach.

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Training interventions on Helping Babies Breathe among health workers in tertiary hospital of the Republic of South Sudan: A non-randomized quasi-experimental study

Healthcare in Low-resource Settings ◽

10.4081/hls.2018.7276 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 6 (1) ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Christopher Vunni Draiko ◽

Khemika Yamarat ◽

Alessio Panza ◽

Judith Draleru ◽

Martin Taban ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Experimental Study ◽

Health Workers ◽

South Sudan ◽

Intervention Group ◽

Control Group ◽

Training Interventions ◽

Helping Babies Breathe ◽

Newborn Mortality ◽

Quasi Experimental ◽

And Control

This study aimed to examine the effects of the Helping Babies Breathe (HBB) training interventions program on the knowledge, psychomotor skills, and competency of health workers in managing birth asphyxia and reducing mortality of newborns experiencing asphyxia within 24 hours. This study used pre- and post-test design (quasi experimental study). Purposive sampling was employed, and a computer-generated number was used to select the participants. Health workers from Juba Teaching Hospital comprised the intervention group. They were evaluated before and after the training from February to June 2017. A post training skill and competency evaluation was performed using a NeoNatalie newborn simulator and was repeated after three months of implementation for intervention and control group. Seventy health workers were enrolled; 40 were in the intervention group and 30 in the control group. Early newborn mortality due to asphyxia within 24 hours in intervention and control measure at pre and post implementation showed a significant reduction within the intervention than the control. Knowledge, psychomotor and competency of health care workers improved immediately after training and early newborn mortality reduced by half at the end of three months. It is recommended that training of health workers on HBB should be scaled up in most of the health facilities in South Sudan.

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Clustering of chronic diseases risk factors among adolescents: a quasi-experimental study in Sousse, Tunisia

International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health ◽

10.1515/ijamh-2017-0022 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 31 (4) ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Emna Dendana ◽

Rim Ghammem ◽

Jihene Sahli ◽

Jihen Maatoug ◽

Sihem Ben Fredj ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Risk Factors ◽

Sedentary Behavior ◽

Chronic Diseases ◽

Vegetable Intake ◽

Intervention Group ◽

Fruit And Vegetable Intake ◽

Control Group ◽

School Based Intervention ◽

School Based ◽

Quasi Experimental

Abstract Background The objective of the study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a school-based physical activity and nutritional behavior intervention, on the reduction of clustering of chronic diseases risk factors among school children. Materials and methods A quasi-experimental school-based intervention was conducted with an intervention group and a control group in the region of Sousse in Tunisia. The intervention was implemented between 2010 and 2013, with data collected at pre and at post intervention. Studied risk factors were: smoking, sedentary behavior, low fruit and vegetable intake and obesity. Odds ratios (ORs) were used to calculate the clustering of two risk factors. We calculated ORs in each group before and after the intervention. Results In the intervention group, the prevalence of adolescents that had no risk factors has significantly increased (p = 0.004). In the control group the prevalence of adolescents carrying two or more risk factors has increased (p = 0.06). The results showed that all risk factors tended to cluster together in both groups. In the intervention group, the calculated OR for smoking and sedentary behavior decreased after assessment (OR = 5.93) as well as the OR for smoking and low fruit and vegetable intake (OR = 3.26). In the control group, all ORs increased, showing an enhancement of the association. Conclusion This study showed the effectiveness of a school-based intervention in reducing the clustering of chronic diseases risk factors.

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Emotional recognition for simulated clinical environment using unpleasant odors: quasi-experimental study

Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem ◽

10.1590/1518-8345.2883.3248 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 28 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Mateus Henrique Gonçalves Meska ◽

Leandro Yukio Mano ◽

Janaina Pereira Silva ◽

Gerson Alves Pereira Junior ◽

Alessandra Mazzo

Keyword(s):

Experimental Study ◽

Nursing Students ◽

Critical Points ◽

Intervention Group ◽

Control Group ◽

Fermented Foods ◽

Circumplex Model ◽

Clinical Environment ◽

Undergraduate Nursing ◽

Quasi Experimental

Objective: to compare the effect of exposure to unpleasant odors in a simulated clinical environment on the emotions of undergraduate nursing students. Method: quasi-experimental study. A total of 24 nursing students participated the study, divided into two groups, 12 in the intervention group with exposure to unpleasant odors, and 12 in the control group without exposure to unpleasant odors. To simulate the unpleasant vomiting odor in intervention group, fermented foods were used: boiled oats, curdled milk, spoiled Parmesan cheese, raw egg, pea soup, raisins and vinegar. Participants were filmed and the facial expression analysis was performed at six critical points: student approach; report of the complaint; clinical evaluation; and patient occurrence, intervention and reevaluation based on what was proposed by the Circumplex model of emotions recognition. Results: a total of 83,215 emotions related to the six critical points were verified. At the critical point of the proposed scenario with exposure to unpleasant odors, the intervention group presented the basic emotion of sadness and the Control Group, anger. Conclusion: it is inferred that the inclusion of unpleasant odors in the simulated scenarios can broaden the emotional development of health students.

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Simulation-based Mastery Improved Nursing Skills in Bsc Nursing Students: A Quasi-experimental Study

10.21203/rs.3.rs-28992/v1 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Roghaye Mehdipour-rabori ◽

Behnaz Bagheryan ◽

monirsadat nematollahi

Keyword(s):

Experimental Study ◽

Nursing Education ◽

Nursing Students ◽

Clinical Teaching ◽

Clinical Skills ◽

Mastery Learning ◽

Intervention Group ◽

Control Group ◽

Simulation Based ◽

Quasi Experimental

Abstract Background:Clinical education is an essential part of nursing education. Selected clinical teaching methods influence it. Simulation-based mastery learning has been used to improve clinical skills among nursing students and may provide a novel way to enhance nursing skills.The object of this study was to assessthe effect of the simulation-based mastery learning on the clinicalskills of undergraduate nursing students from 2017 till 2019.Methods:This study was a quasi-experimental study withtwo groups (the control and intervention).After receiving written consent, one 117 studentsselected random convenience sampling. The intervention group participated in a simulation-based mastery learning intervention, and the control group received no intervention except for traditional training.The students of both groups completed the demographic information questionnaire and the checklist before and after the intervention. The results were analyzed by SPSS version 21 using descriptive and inferential statistics.Results:The results showed that there were no significant differences between the two groups before the intervention (p> o.o5). Also, that students’ performance in the intervention group and control group improved significantly at the post-test compared to baseline(p<0.05), implying that the simulation-based mastery model of the intervention group significantly more effective compared to that of the control.Conclusion: Thesefindings showed that mastery learning strategy improved the clinical skills ofundergraduatenursing students.The results suggest that other nursing and health profession’s programs can develop a successful mastery-based learning model.

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Effects of School-Based Exergaming on Urban Children’s Physical Activity and Cardiorespiratory Fitness: A Quasi-Experimental Study

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph16214080 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 16 (21) ◽

pp. 4080 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Ye ◽

Pope ◽

Lee ◽

Gao

Keyword(s):

Physical Activity ◽

Cardiorespiratory Fitness ◽

Repeated Measures ◽

Intervention Group ◽

Control School ◽

Control Group ◽

Post Intervention ◽

School Based ◽

Quasi Experimental ◽

Over Time

Background: Modern-day technology is appealing to children. Few studies, however, have conducted longitudinal analyses of a school-based exergaming program’s effect on physical activity (PA) behaviors and fitness in children. Therefore, this study examined the longitudinal effect of an 8-month school-based exergaming intervention on children’s objectively-measured PA and cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF). Materials and Methods: Eighty-one fourth grade students (X̅age = 9.23 ± 0.62; 39 girls; 54.3% African American, 30.9% Non-Hispanic White, 14.8% other) participated in this study from 2014–2015. The intervention school’s children participated in a once-weekly 50-minute exergaming intervention during recess throughout the school year, while the control school continued regular recess. Children’s in-school PA and sedentary behavior (SB) were measured with ActiGraphGT3X+ accelerometers, with CRF assessed via the half-mile run. All measurements were taken at baseline, mid-intervention (four months) and post-intervention (eight months). Repeated-measures two-way ANCOVAs using age and race as covariates were conducted to examine between-school differences over time for SB, light PA (LPA), moderate-to-vigorous PA (MVPA), and CRF. Results: Significant time by group interactions were observed for LPA, F(1, 79) = 7.82, η2 = 0.09, p < 0.01, and MVPA, F(1, 79) = 4.58, η2 = 0.06, p < 0.05, as LPA increased among the control group, while MVPA increased among intervention group. Children in both groups experienced decreased SB during the intervention (intervention: −7.63 minutes; control: −17.59 minutes), but demonstrated lower CRF over time (intervention: +46.73 seconds; control: +61.60 seconds). Conclusions: Observations suggested that school-based exergaming implementation may be effective in increasing children’s MVPA and decreasing their SB over the course an academic year (i.e., ~eight months). More research is needed, however, to discern how modifications to school-based exergaming might also promote improved CRF in children.

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Effectiveness of School-Based Smoking Prevention Education Program (SPEP) Among Nonsmoking Adolescents: A Quasi-Experimental Study

The Journal of School Nursing ◽

10.1177/1059840519871641 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 105984051987164 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Mohd Said Nurumal ◽

Siti Hajar Mohd Zain ◽

Mohamad Haniki Nik Mohamed ◽

Shefaly Shorey

Keyword(s):

Experimental Study ◽

Education Program ◽

Primary Schools ◽

Intervention Group ◽

Smoking Prevention ◽

Control Group ◽

Prevention Education ◽

Quasi Experimental ◽

Exhaled Carbon Monoxide ◽

And Control

Preventing smoking among adolescents is critical. This study evaluated the effectiveness of the Smoking Prevention Education Program among nonsmoking adolescents. A quasi-experimental study design was used. Data were collected from Year 5 students ( n = 140) from four government primary schools in the Kuantan and Pahang districts of Malaysia. The participating schools were randomly assigned into the intervention and control groups. Questionnaires and exhaled carbon monoxide (CO) levels were used to collect data at the baseline and at 3 months postintervention. At 3 months postintervention, the percentage of nonsmokers remained 100% in the intervention group, while 2.9% of the participants in the control group reported to have smoked in past 7 days. Comparatively, the mean scores of attitudes, subjective norms, and nonsmoking intentions of the intervention group improved significantly. The intervention was effective in preventing smoking initiations among Malaysian adolescents; however, further evaluation of this intervention is needed among varied populations.

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