scholarly journals Road Use Behaviour of Urban Primary School Children in Ghana: Case Study of Ablekuma South Education Circuit of Metropolitan Accra

2020 ◽  
Vol 61 (1) ◽  
pp. 88-95
Author(s):  
I. K. Yankson ◽  
N. K. Nsiah-Achampong ◽  
A. Yeboah-Sarpong
Keyword(s):  
Observational Study ◽  
Primary School ◽  
School Children ◽  
Road Safety ◽  
Primary School Children ◽  
Safety Education ◽  
The Road ◽  
Primary School Pupils ◽  
Public Primary School

School children form majority of injured children on Ghanaian roads. The objective was to observe the road use behaviour of public primary school pupils in Ablekuma Education Circuit, Accra. This unobtrusive observational study targeted Primary one to six pupils. Five behaviours were studied: Walking while crossing road; Stopping at the kerb; Looking left-right-left before crossing; Keep looking left-right-left while crossing and Facing traffic while walking. 882 pu­pils on their way to or from school were observed from eight schools. A little over two in three children stopped at the kerb before crossing the road while almost three in four children looked for cars before stepping off the kerb. A little over three in four children walked while crossing and less than one in four children kept looking while crossing. Not looking for cars before crossing, not facing on-coming traffic and not keeping looking for cars while crossing, were more associated with boys than girls (p < 0.001; 95%CI in all cases). Girls behaved significant­ly more safely than boys. In stopping at the kerb, there was no difference in gender behaviour (p < 0.135; 95%CI). Child Road Safety Education in Schools and Communities is recommended.

A NOVEL MULTIMEDIA INTERACTIVE APPLICATION TO SUPPORT ROAD SAFETY EDUCATION AMONG PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN IN MALAYSIA

2015 ◽  
Vol 77 (19) ◽  
Author(s):  
Norkhairani Abdul Rawi ◽  
Abd. Rasid Mamat ◽  
Mohd Sufian Mat Deris ◽  
Maizan Mat Amin ◽  
Normala Rahim
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
Road Safety ◽  
Interactive Multimedia ◽  
Teaching Method ◽  
Primary School Children ◽  
Learning Theories ◽  
Ministry Of Education ◽  
Safety Education ◽  
Learning And Teaching ◽  
Primary School Pupils

The interactive multimedia is considered as a very promising potential to aid primary school pupils in learning and teaching method in introducing road safety education. Although web based applications for road safety education are available, they are based on overseas countries where the rules and environment settings are different from Malaysia’s environment. An effort to help pupils in interactively learning on road safety education in Malaysia has motivated this study. A framework encompass of learning theories, modules, multimedia elements and, usability and acceptance, has been developed and applied in an interactive multimedia prototype on road safety education called “FIQIR Road Safety”. The prototype has been developed based on a primary school textbook “Cermat Tiba Selamat” by Malaysian Ministry of Education (MOE).  FIQIR Road Safety has been designed and developed by utilizing multimedia elements to give an immersive experience to the user. It employs Watch, Learn and Play as the modules where the animations and activities represent actual traffic environment in Malaysia. The proposed framework hopefully can be a guide in developing interactive multimedia application such as FIQIR Road safety.

scholarly journals Personal cell phones among children: attitudes of parents of primary school pupils

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (Supplement_5) ◽  
Author(s):  
D Austys ◽  
A Sprudzanaitė ◽  
R Arlauskas ◽  
R Stukas
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Primary School ◽  
Mobile Phones ◽  
School Children ◽  
Cell Phones ◽  
Children's Health ◽  
Primary School Children ◽  
P Value ◽  
Sexual Content ◽  
Primary School Pupils

Abstract Background A large number of primary school children have personal smartphones which enable them to communicate with lots of people and use social networks. However, social networking should not be accessible to primary school pupils due to existing age restrictions. Studies show that cell phones can be used to send offensive or sexual content to children or by them. This might have long-term effects on child's mental health and even provoke suicidal thoughts. While parents are able to control many aspects of children's life, we aimed to disclose parental attitudes towards use of mobile phones among children. Methods A total number of 619 parents of primary school children from middle-sized town of Lithuania participated in this study. Parents anonymously expressed their opinion to questions about personal cell phones usage among children. Distribution of participants was assessed according to social and demographic characteristics. Results Most of the respondents (79.8%) indicated that use of mobile phones might be harmful to children's health, 56.0% indicated that their children use social networks and every second child was registered by their parents (49.5%). Minority of the respondents (8.1%) thought that children (including children from other families) receive messages from strangers and communicate with them (2.1%). Similarly, very few of the respondents thought that children receive offensive (15.0%) or sexual (4.8%) content. Younger and lower educated parents registered their children to social networks more frequently (p-value less than 0.05). Lower educated parents more frequently indicated that offensive or sexual content can reach children via smartphones (p-value less than 0.05). Conclusions Majority of parents of primary school children thought that cell phones might be harmful to children's health but most of them did not pay attention to threats such as communication with strangers or transmission of sexual content. Key messages Only minority of parents of primary school children indicated communication with strangers or transmission of sexual content as threats induced by use of smartphones among children. Regardless that lower educated parents indicated awareness of content-related threats to children more frequently they registered their children to social networks more frequently as well.

scholarly journals Prevalence and determinants of stunting and wasting among public primary school children in Gondar town, northwest, Ethiopia

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Zegeye Getaneh ◽  
Mulugeta Melku ◽  
Mekuanint Geta ◽  
Tadele Melak ◽  
Melkamu Tamir Hunegnaw
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
School Children ◽  
Northwest Ethiopia ◽  
Primary School Children ◽  
Gondar Town ◽  
Public Primary School

Influence of Birth Weight and Gestational Age on Cognitive Performance in Primary School Children- An Observational Study

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (31) ◽  
pp. 1556-1560
Author(s):  
Nagalakshmi Vijaykumar ◽  
Sanjivani Jadhav ◽  
Suresh Badiger ◽  
Harini B. K ◽  
Vitthal Khode
Keyword(s):  
Birth Weight ◽  
Observational Study ◽  
Primary School ◽  
Cognitive Performance ◽  
School Children ◽  
Gestational Age ◽  
Primary School Children
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