Introduction & Objective: Pedestrian injuries are a significant
source of morbidity, mortality and disability among children.
Prevention of these injuries is thus a major priority for public health
and requires a comprehensive approach and educational
strategies. The purpose of this study was designing and evaluation
of an educational program, based on the PRECEED-PROCEED
model for improvement of safety behavior in primary school boys.
Materials & Methods: This study is a field trial carried out in 6th
areas of Tehran in 2007. Participants (n=88) were 10 – 11 year old
who followed by items measuring the PRECEED-PROCEED
model before and after two months of intervention. The collected
data were analyzed with T test, X2 and pair T test using SPSS
software.
Results: After participating in educational program, significant
improvements were found in knowledge, attitude, behavior,
enabling and reinforcing factors of the components of PRECEEDPROCEED
model.
Conclusion: The findings suggest the beneficial effects of
educational intervention based on the PRECEDE-PROCEED
model on improving the safety behavior. It can be recommended
that health education plan be used on educational models.
Nazari M, Heidarnia A, Eftekhar Ardebili H, Mobasheri M, Amin Shokravi F, Niknami S et al . Interventions Based on PRECEDE-PROCEED for Promoting Safety Behaviors in Primary School Boys. armaghanj 2008; 13 (2) :83-93 URL: http://armaghanj.yums.ac.ir/article-1-650-en.html