Citation

Leonhardt C, Margraf-Stiksrud J, Badners L, Szerencsi A, Maier RF. J. Health Psychol. 2014; 19(10): 1250-1260.

Affiliation

Philipps-University of Marburg, Germany.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2014, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/1359105313488975

PMID

23818510

Abstract

The 'Teddy Bear Hospital' is a medical students' project, which has been increasingly established in many countries. To evaluate this concept, we examined the effects of a German Teddy Bear Hospital on children's knowledge relating to their body, health and disease. Using a quasi-experimental pre/post design, we examined 131 preschool children from 14 German kindergartens with pictorial interview-based scales. The analysis of covariance revealed that the children who visited the Teddy Bear Hospital had a significantly better knowledge concerning their body, health and disease than the children from the control group. This German Teddy Bear Hospital is a good health education vehicle for preschool children.

Language: en