TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2020//
TI  - Effectiveness of "Be SAFE Drowning Prevention and Water Safety Booklet" intervention for Parents and Guardians
JO  - Iranian journal of public health
A1  - Farizan, Noor Hamzani
A1  - Sutan, Rosnah
A1  - Mani, Kulanthayan Kc
SP  - 1921
EP  - 1930
VL  - 49
IS  - 10
N2  - BACKGROUND: We aimed to assess the effectiveness of the health educational booklet intervention in improving parents/guardian's knowledge on prevention of child drowning and, the perception of drowning risk and water safety practice.     Methods: A quasi-experimental study was conducted in year 2017 in Selangor, Malaysia among 719 parents/guardians of primary school children. The parent/guardians were randomly assigned as the intervention groups and were given a health educational Be-SAFE booklet on drowning prevention and water safety. The pretest was conducted before the intervention and posttest was done one month of intervention. The data collection tool was using a validated questionnaire on knowledge, attitude and practice for drowning prevention and water safety.     Results: There were 719 respondents (response rate of 89.9%) participated at baseline and 53.7% at end line (after the intervention). Significant differences found in knowledge, attitudes and practice on drowning prevention and water safety for the intervention and control groups after the intervention (P<0.001). There was a significant difference in mean scores for knowledge and attitude before and after the intervention, whereas no significant findings noted for practices (P<0.001).     Conclusion: Be SAFE booklet contributed to the increase in parents/guardian's knowledge and attitudes towards drowning prevention and water safety to prevent the risk of child drowning.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 2251-6085
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.18502/ijph.v49i10.4695
ID  - ref1
ER  -