@article{ref1,
title="Primary grade teachers' perceptions and practices regarding pedestrian safety education",
journal="Journal of school health",
year="2007",
author="Lartey, Grace K. and Price, J. H. and Telljohann, S. K. and Dake, Joseph A. and Yingling, Faith",
volume="77",
number="5",
pages="265-272",
abstract="Background: Pedestrian injury is the third leading cause of unintentional injury and death among children 1-14 years old. The purpose of this study was to examine primary grade teachers' perceived role in pedestrian safety education. Methods: A total of 630 surveys were sent to a national random sample of primary school teachers and 54% responded. Results: The results of the study found that 85% of primary grade teachers believed it was extremely important or important to teach pedestrian safety. Forty percent of the teachers identified that they had been teaching pedestrian safety for more than 1 year (maintenance stage), whereas 1 in 3 teachers had never thought about (precontemplation stage) teaching pedestrian safety to their students. Eighty-eight percent of primary grade teachers were very confident about teaching students how to safely cross the street, where to safely cross the street (87%), when to safely cross the street (86%), and how to safely walk along streets with sidewalks (83%). An examination of how pedestrian safety information was presented found that a plurality (39%) of the teachers who taught pedestrian safety presented information through classroom discussion. Also, 46% of the teachers who taught pedestrian safety identified the following as the most common curriculum content: when to safely cross the street (46%), how to safely cross the street (45%), and where to safely cross the street (43%). Conclusions: Only 16% of primary school teachers reported pedestrian safety education was required for their grade levels. Yet, pedestrian safety education decreases pedestrian-related deaths. Therefore, it is important for schools and primary grade teachers to expose their students to this essential topic.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0022-4391",
doi="10.1111/j.1746-1561.2007.00202.x",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1746-1561.2007.00202.x"
}