The Effect of a Teaching Intervention on Cardiac Risk Factor Knowledge Among Elementary School Children

The effect of using the American Heart Association's Heartpower kit to increase the knowledge level of fifth grade elementary students on heart disease was investigated. A quasi-experimental, pre-test, post-test study was conducted with two groups of students. Administration of five one-hour teaching interventions were done on general heart health, nutrition, exercise, and smoking to the experimental group. Whereas the control and experimental groups did not differ significantly on the pre-test, there was statistically significant improvement between the two groups on the post-test. The experimental group, however, did not have a significant improvement when comparing their pre-test and post-test scores. Analysis of the subscales for the experimental group revealed a statistically significant increase in knowledge of smoking. Overall, the findings demonstrated small but not statistically significant improvements in knowledge retention one week after the teaching intervention.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Science in Nursing

Level thesis:degree_level

Masters

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Nursing

Year

1998

Author dc:creator

• Bloom, Alida M.

Contributors dc:contributor

• Kathryn Hope

• Nursing

Statement dc:rights

• © Alida M Bloom

Repository record dc:identifier

https://bearworks.missouristate.edu/theses/896

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:bearworks.missouristate.edu:theses-1897