scholarly journals Assessment of an Educational Intervention to Improve Healthy Life Habits in Children Living in Vulnerable Socioeconomic Conditions

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (9) ◽  
pp. 4495
Author(s):  
María López ◽  
Irene Alcoceba ◽  
María-José Castro ◽  
María-José Cao ◽  
Sara García ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Educational Intervention ◽  
Eating Habits ◽  
Vegetable Consumption ◽  
Socioeconomic Conditions ◽  
Healthy Living ◽  
Mortality And Morbidity ◽  
Test Study ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Life Habits

Nutritional condition impacts academic performance and cognitive development. In Peru, the prevalence of chronic undernutrition in children is 6.9%, increasing the risk of mortality and morbidity. This study aimed to develop an educational intervention to achieve an improvement in the healthy habits of children in a primary education school in Lima who live in vulnerable socioeconomic conditions. We conducted a prospective quasi-experimental pre-test and post-test study of an educational intervention. The information was collected through the adaptation of the WHO questionnaire “Global School-based Student Health Survey” (GSHS), with anthropometric variables, socioeconomic level, hygiene and eating habits. One hundred eight students from 5 to 13 years old from Arenitas del Mar School in Lima (Peru) participated. The educational intervention improved eating habits. Fruit and vegetable consumption 3 or more times/day (50.9%) increased after the educational intervention (49% vs. 62.9%,) p < 0.0001. There was an improvement in hygiene habits, such as the frequency of handwashing with soap (32.4% vs. 63.9%) and the frequency of weekly bathing 4–6 times/week (25% vs. 47.5%) p < 0.0001. The educational intervention promoted better healthy living behaviors, eating habits and hygiene. This kind of initiative is a crucial tool to establish healthy living habits.

scholarly journals The effect of an educational intervention on nurses’ knowledge of managing endotracheal tube cuff pressure in intensive care units: A quasi-experimental study

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ferestas Mpasa ◽  
Dalena R. M. van Rooyen ◽  
Danie Venter ◽  
Wilma ten Ham-Baloyi ◽  
Portia Jordan
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care ◽  
Endotracheal Tube ◽  
Educational Intervention ◽  
Cuff Pressure ◽  
Endotracheal Tube Cuff ◽  
Tube Cuff ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Endotracheal Tube Cuff Pressure ◽  
Nurses Knowledge

Abstract Background Previous studies conducted on nurses’ knowledge regarding endotracheal tube cuff pressure revealed that there were differences in intensive care nurses’ knowledge, leading to varying practices. This study aimed to evaluate the effect of an educational intervention based on existing evidence-based guidelines, on the knowledge of nurses regarding managing endotracheal tube cuff pressures in Malawian intensive care units.Methods The study followed a quasi-experimental approach, with a pre- and post-test design using an educational intervention. Intensive care unit nurses were randomly assigned to two intervention groups. Both groups received a half-day educational session, a printed version of the evidence-based guidelines, a printed and laminated summary of the guidelines and a related algorithm. Additionally, Group 2 received four monitoring visits. Pre-and post-test questionnaires were conducted between February and August 2016. Descriptive and inferential data analysis (a chi-square test and t-test) were utilised.Results Knowledge on the nursing care practices for the management of endotracheal tube cuff pressure was improved for both groups following the educational intervention, although only the results comparing the Intervention 2 group participants’ indicate that the level of knowledge were significant (t(d.f.=48)=2.08, p=0.043, d=0.59).Conclusions The implementation of a formal training programme and mentorship programme for nurses working in the intensive care unit in Malawi would be of great benefit to equip nurses with adequate knowledge and skills for managing endotracheal tube cuff pressure. Follow-up studies would also assist in understanding how the implementation of guidelines could be done most effectively to achieve better knowledge outcomes among nurses concerning nursing care practices in this context.

scholarly journals Effects of the ice popsicle on vasopressin, osmolality, thirst intensity, and thirst discomfort

2021 ◽  
Vol 42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thammy Gonçalves Nakaya ◽  
Marilia Ferrari Conchon ◽  
Aline Korki Arrabal Garcia ◽  
Ernane Torres Uchôa ◽  
Lígia Fahl Fonseca
Keyword(s):  
Hypertonic Saline ◽  
Statistical Difference ◽  
Saline Solution ◽  
Healthy Male ◽  
Hypertonic Saline Solution ◽  
Physiological Profile ◽  
Healthy Male Volunteers ◽  
Test Study ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Quasi Experimental

ABSTRACT Objective: To analyze the effects of the ice popsicle on vasopressin, osmolality, thirst intensity, and thirst discomfort. Method: This is a quasi-experimental, pre- and post-test study conducted in a laboratory. The sample consisted of nine healthy male volunteers, who received 2% hypertonic saline solution. Results: Popsicle intake did not result in a statistically significant reduction in vasopressin levels (F=0.876 and p=0.428). However, there was a reduction in the hormonal physiological profile of vasopressin from 7.1 pg/ml to 5.8 pg/ml after the first two interventions. Osmolality concentration changed from 270.65 to 286.51 mOsm/kg, with no statistical difference (F=2.207; p=0.09). Ice popsicles significantly reduced thirst intensity (F=10.00; p=0.001) and thirst discomfort (F=10.528; p <0.001). Conclusion: There was a reduction in thirst intensity and discomfort after the use of the 20 ml ice popsicle. There was no statistical difference for vasopressin and osmolality. However, there was a reduction in the hormonal physiological profile of vasopressin during 30 minutes of intervention.

scholarly journals A Multistep Inquiry Approach to Improve Pre-Service Elementary Teachers’ Conceptual Understanding

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 86
Author(s):  
Lloyd M. Mataka ◽  
Rex Taibu
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Understanding ◽  
Physical Science ◽  
Teaching Strategy ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Research And Teaching ◽  
Test Study ◽  
Inquiry Approach ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Comparison Groups ◽  
Quasi Experimental

A quasi-experimental control group pre- and post-test study was used to determine the effect of a Multi-Step Inquiry (MSI) approach on pre-service elementary school teacher’s conceptual understanding. The MSI study involved the development of a conceptual workbook, and a Physical Science Concept Inventory. The conceptual workbook has activities that explicitly target students’ misconceptions in physical science. The inventory has three categories: forces and motion, heat and temperature, and electricity. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to interpret the data. Independent t-tests were used to compare the experimental and comparison groups. Further, Cohen’s d and Hake’s g effect sizes were used to determine the effectiveness of MSI. Results indicated that the MSI approach as an effective teaching strategy for conceptual understanding. As such, the authors have made recommendations for both research and teaching.

scholarly journals Parental Illness and Young People’s Education

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (6) ◽  
pp. 2069-2091
Author(s):  
Cristian Bortes ◽  
Mattias Strandh ◽  
Karina Nilsson
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Education ◽  
Specific Interaction ◽  
Parental Illness ◽  
Upper Secondary Education ◽  
Test Study ◽  
Somatic Illness ◽  
Upper Secondary ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Study Population

Abstract The purpose of the present study was to investigate the effects of parental health problems on the probability of youths leaving upper secondary education before completion in Sweden, and to investigate potential gender differences in these effects. Medical and social microdata from Swedish administrative registers were used. The study population consisted of individuals born between 1987 and 1990 (N = 398,748) who were still alive and residing in Sweden in 2010. We employed a quasi-experimental pre-test post-test study design. Logistic regression was used to analyse the relationships between indicators of parental illness and young people’s early school leaving in relation to health and sociodemographic confounders. Having had a mother or father with psychiatric, but not somatic, illness that necessitated hospitalisation after completing compulsory schooling was significantly associated with an increased probability of leaving upper secondary education. We found no significant gender-specific interaction effects. The existence of these effects in Sweden, a country with an extensive institutional welfare system, suggests that similar but more pronounced effects may exist in regions lacking such systems.

scholarly journals Preschool Parent's Health Education Improving Family Role Model of Fruit Vegetable Consumption

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 116
Author(s):  
Rohayati Rohayati ◽  
Etty Rekawati ◽  
Poppy Fitriani
Keyword(s):  
Health Education ◽  
Role Models ◽  
Role Model ◽  
Fruits And Vegetables ◽  
Vegetable Consumption ◽  
Statistical Tests ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Quasi Experimental

Prevention of obesity should start early because obesity in children can continue into adulthood. Consumption of vegetables and fruit according to the recommendations is proven to prevent obesity from an early age. The role model of parents is very important in shaping the behavior of eating fruits and vegetables in preschool children. The aim of study to determine the effect of online and face-to-face health education methods on the role models of parents in consuming fruits and vegetables. The study used a quasi-experimental design pre-post-test without a control group. The number of samples was 115 parents of students spread across 5 kindergarten schools. The results showed 49.6% of parents have graduated from high school with an income of 52.7% above the minimum wage. The results of statistical tests showed that there was an effect of online and face-to-face health education methods on the role models of parents in eating vegetables and fruit with their children (17.92 ± 4.61, p = 0.00, 95% CI). Health education using online and face-to-face methods can be an intervention in increasing parental role models of fruit and vegetable consumption.

scholarly journals The effects of a 12-week program of static upper extremity weight bearing exercises on weight bearing in children with hemiplegic type of cerebral palsy

2010 ◽  
Vol 66 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Jayaraman ◽  
T. Puckree
Keyword(s):  
Cerebral Palsy ◽  
Weight Bearing ◽  
Wrist Flexion ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Test Study ◽  
Hemiplegic Cerebral Palsy ◽  
Kwazulu Natal ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Chi Square Test

The  major  objective  of  this  study  was  to  quantify  the  effects  of a  12-week  program  of  weight  bearing  exercises  on  weight  borne  through  the hand and grip pressures in children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy. This study also sought to monitor the change in spasticity immediately following weight-bearing  exercises.  A  quasi-experimental,  one  group  pre-test,  post-test  study  was used. Eleven children with hemiplegic type of cerebral palsy from a special school in KwaZulu Natal participated after fully informed written consent. The intervention consisted of a 12-week program of weight bearing. The Tekscan Grip system was used to quantify weight borne through the hand during extended arm prone and quadruped positions and whilst holding a pencil and a tumbler. The modified Ashworth grading of spasticity was used to monitor spasticity. The data was analysed using the random effects GLS model Wald Chi Square test. Significant increases in contact pressure in extended arms prone (p=0,012) and quadruped (p=0,002) and when holding a pencil (p=0,045) was noted post-test compared to pre-test. Significant increases in contact area of the hand was also noted in prone (p=0,000), quadruped (p=0, 03 at assessment 7) and when holding a pencil (p=0,035).  A significant decrease in spasticity during elbow extension (p=0,004), and wrist flexion (p=0,026) and extension (p=0,004) was noted. An overall significant effect of static weight bearing exercises on weight borne through the hands, grip strength and spasticity justifies the use of static weight-bearing in therapy.

scholarly journals The Effect of Regimen Frequency Simplification on Provider Order Generation: A Quasi-Experimental Study in a Korean Hospital

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (8) ◽  
pp. 4086
Author(s):  
Jungwon Cho ◽  
Sangmi Shin ◽  
Young Mi Jeong ◽  
Eunsook Lee ◽  
Euni Lee
Keyword(s):  
Care Service ◽  
Health Care Service ◽  
Intervention Period ◽  
Post Intervention ◽  
Test Study ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Simple Change ◽  
Team Project ◽  
Physician Order Entry

The multiplicity of dosing frequencies that are attached to medication orders poses a challenge to patients regarding adhering to their medication regimens and healthcare professionals in maximizing the efficiencies of health care service delivery. A multidisciplinary team project was performed to simplify medication regimens to improve the computerized physician order entry (CPOE) system to reduce the dosing frequencies for patients who were discharged from the hospital. A 36-month pre-test–post-test study was performed, including 12-month pre-intervention, 12-month intervention, and 12-month post-intervention periods. Two-pronged strategies, including regimen standardization and prioritization, were devised to evaluate the dosing frequencies and prescribing efficiency. The results showed that the standardized menu reduced the dosing frequencies from 4.3 ± 2.2 per day in the pre-intervention period to 3.5 ± 1.8 per day in the post-intervention period (p < 0.001). In addition, the proportion of patients taking medications five or more times per day decreased from 40.8% to 20.7% (p < 0.001). After prioritizing the CPOE dosing regimen, the number of pull-down options that were available reflected an improvement in the prescribing efficiency. Our findings indicate that concerted efforts in improving even a simple change on the CPOE screen via standardization and prioritization simplified the dosing frequencies for patients and improved the physicians’ prescribing process.

scholarly journals THE EFFECT OF HYDROTHERAPY ON THE REDUCTION OF BLOOD PRESSURE IN PREGNANT WOMEN WITH HYPERTENSION AT THE PRIMARY HEALTH CAREASTANAJAPURA CIREBON DISTRICT IN 2019

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 109-121
Author(s):  
Larasyati Sholekha ◽  
Entin Jubaedah ◽  
Lia Nurcahyani
Keyword(s):  
Blood Pressure ◽  
Pregnant Women ◽  
Diastolic Blood Pressure ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
P Value ◽  
Mortality And Morbidity ◽  
Bivariate Data ◽  
O 43 ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Quasi Experimental

One of the causes of maternal mortality and morbidity is pregnancy induced hypertension (PIH). One of many hypertension management in pregnancy with non-pharmacological is hydrotherapy, which is soaking the feet using warm water for 20 minutes. This study aims to determine the differences in systolic and diastolic blood pressure in the hydrotherapy group with a temperature of 40o - 43 o compared to temperatures of 37 o - 39 o. The study using Quasi-Experimental non-randomized pre-test and post-test with control design on 22 hypertensive pregnant women using purposive sampling technique. Research instruments included observation sheets, sphygmomanometer, stethoscope, and digital water thermometer. Univariate and bivariate data analysis using the Wilcoxon and Mann-Whitney tests. This study showed difference of systolic blood pressure p value 0,000 and difference of diastolic p value 0,013 (p <0,05), therefore there were differences in systolic and diastolic blood pressure in the hydrotherapy group with a temperature of 40 o - 43 o compared to 37 o - 39 o. Hydrotherapy using temperature of 40 o - 43 o is better to use than temperature of 37 o - 39 o. Midwives can use hydrotherapy as an early treatment alternative for hypertensive pregnant women

scholarly journals The psychological development promotion of children in portuguese daycare context

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 157
Author(s):  
Maria da Luz Vale-Dias ◽  
Ana Mafalda Pinho ◽  
Maria de Lourdes Cró ◽  
Graciete Franco-Borges
Keyword(s):  
Educational Intervention ◽  
Intervention Program ◽  
Developmental Psychology ◽  
Educational Interventions ◽  
Primary Objective ◽  
Psychological Development ◽  
Relational Development ◽  
Pedagogical Intervention ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Quasi Experimental

This research falls within the area of developmental psychology, particularly with regard to the promotion of the child’s psychological development considering the educational context. It was specifically intended to study the importance to the psychological development of children of its sojourn at early ages in daycare educational contexts, basing the pedagogical intervention in a proposed program, based on the High/Scope curricular approach (Post & Hohmann, 2011), as well as on the Portage model (Williams & Aiello, 2009). Assuming as a primary objective the promotion of the psychological development of these children, it becomes a pressing need to reflect on educational interventions for early ages, being also of significant importance that these are properly supported in scientific theories of human development. We advocated, then, to develop a researchaction with a quasi-experimental component, whose results would allow to envisage a curriculum for the context of childcare, which could activate the psychological development of children and qualitatively raise the educational intervention. Thus, in this study, with the participation of children (N = 59) aged about two years old, and also with their kindergarten teachers (N = 4), it was intended, through a comparative study between groups of children, subjected or not to the above mentioned program and under this research, to know its impact on the psychological development using, in the pre and post-test phases, observation/appreciation grids of this development for children in childcare age. With particular regard to the data collected is possible to advance that children who were part of the experimental groups, which were subject to an intervention program, showed higher gains in the post-test phase at the level of development of motor skills, language, cognitive development and affective and relational development, comparing to the children of the control groups, who experienced a natural educational intervention. Implications are presented. 

scholarly journals The Effect of an Educational Intervention Performed by Volunteers on Knowledge, Attitude and Modification of Dietary Habits among Women

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 611-616
Author(s):  
Esmat Rezabeigi Davarani ◽  
Mohabbat Mohseni ◽  
Narges Khanjani ◽  
Farahnaz Yazdanpanah ◽  
Salman Daneshi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Educational Intervention ◽  
Dietary Habits ◽  
Eating Habits ◽  
Wilcoxon Test ◽  
Cluster Sampling ◽  
Dietary Habit ◽  
Women Health ◽  
Unhealthy Eating ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Knowledge And Attitude

Background: Unhealthy eating habits are an important cause of Non-communicable Diseases (NCDs). One of the most effective methods to prevent these diseases is the use of health education interventions. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of educational intervention performed by Women Health Volunteers (WHV) on knowledge, attitude, and modification of dietary habits among women in Kerman. Methods: This research was a quasi-experimental study performed on 400 women in Kerman. Participants were selected using multistage cluster sampling. Data were collected immediately before and 6 weeks after the intervention by a questionnaire, including demographic information and questions related to knowledge, attitude, and dietary habits. Data were analyzed using Pearson and Spearman correlation, paired t-test, and Wilcoxon-test in SPSS 24. Results: The average age of women was 41.91±12.87 years. Before the intervention, a positive and significant correlation was observed between knowledge and dietary habit (r=0.249) (p<0.001), knowledge and attitude (r=0.249) (p<0.001), and attitude and dietary habits (r=0.264) (P<0.0001). After the intervention, the mean scores of knowledge (p<0.001), attitude (p=0.017) and dietary habits (p<0.001) significantly increased. Conclusion: Education provided by WHV was effective in promoting knowledge, and attitude, and in modifying the dietary habits of women. Therefore, the use of local human resources can help improve public health.

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