How to prevent dog bite injuries? The blue dog. (1st March 2011)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- How to prevent dog bite injuries? The blue dog. (1st March 2011)
- Main Title:
- How to prevent dog bite injuries? The blue dog
- Authors:
- Meints, K
De Keuster, T
Butcher, R - Abstract:
- Abstract : We carried out an empirical assessment of children's learning success using the interactive dog bite prevention CD 'the blue dog'. In a cross-sectional experimental design, ninety-six 3-, 4-, 5- and 6-year-old children saw eight different child-dog-scenes with or without verbal feedback. In the initial exposure phase children chose an outcome after 4 s. The clip then continued for another 6 s. In the training phase scenes were shown again, but now children saw all outcomes, unsafe and safe. In the testing phase different cartoon actors and dogs were used for the same scenes, interspersed with eight distracter scenes. Children again chose the outcome. Children were re-tested after 2 weeks. Half the children received additional parental input before the re-test. A repeated-measures analysis of variance was carried out with age, verbal feedback and parental support as independent variables and the chosen outcomes in the test phases as dependent variable. Results show significant increases in correct responses after using the CD in all children. Children retained this knowledge after 2 weeks. As expected, older children exhibit more correct responses than younger children. Children who received additional parental input performed better than others, with children under 6 years profiting most from parental input. Assessment results indicate that children learn successfully from the 'test yourself' module on the CD. Therefore, the CD helps to educate children to behaveAbstract : We carried out an empirical assessment of children's learning success using the interactive dog bite prevention CD 'the blue dog'. In a cross-sectional experimental design, ninety-six 3-, 4-, 5- and 6-year-old children saw eight different child-dog-scenes with or without verbal feedback. In the initial exposure phase children chose an outcome after 4 s. The clip then continued for another 6 s. In the training phase scenes were shown again, but now children saw all outcomes, unsafe and safe. In the testing phase different cartoon actors and dogs were used for the same scenes, interspersed with eight distracter scenes. Children again chose the outcome. Children were re-tested after 2 weeks. Half the children received additional parental input before the re-test. A repeated-measures analysis of variance was carried out with age, verbal feedback and parental support as independent variables and the chosen outcomes in the test phases as dependent variable. Results show significant increases in correct responses after using the CD in all children. Children retained this knowledge after 2 weeks. As expected, older children exhibit more correct responses than younger children. Children who received additional parental input performed better than others, with children under 6 years profiting most from parental input. Assessment results indicate that children learn successfully from the 'test yourself' module on the CD. Therefore, the CD helps to educate children to behave safely with dogs and helps reduce dog bite incidents in children. … (more)
- Is Part Of:
- Injury prevention. Volume 16(2010)Supplement 1
- Journal:
- Injury prevention
- Issue:
- Volume 16(2010)Supplement 1
- Issue Display:
- Volume 16, Issue 1 (2010)
- Year:
- 2010
- Volume:
- 16
- Issue:
- 1
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2010-0016-0001-0000
- Page Start:
- A171
- Page End:
- A172
- Publication Date:
- 2011-03-01
- Subjects:
- Children's accidents -- Prevention -- Periodicals
Accidents -- Prevention -- Periodicals
617.1 - Journal URLs:
- http://ip.bmjjournals.com ↗
http://www.injuryprevention.com ↗
http://www.bmj.com/archive ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1136/ip.2010.029215.613 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 1353-8047
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