Evaluation of the Effectiveness of "School Health Nursing Program" Implemented Under the Leadership of Nurse

August 17, 2021 updated by: Rasiha Güler, Eastern Mediterranean University
It is very important for children to take their own health responsibilities in giving them positive health behavior. The rapid advancement of technology, cultural differences, changing living conditions, and increasing chronic diseases show us that people should have the authority to make decisions about their own health, starting from primary school and childhood. All these bring the concept of health literacy to the fore. According to WHO, the concept of health literacy is the cognitive and social skills about individuals' ability to access, understand and use information and their desires in order to protect and improve well-being in health. Providing appropriate health education for age groups is very important for the development of health literacy in children. School-based health education is necessary for health promotion in the 21st century. Studies show that children's health literacy levels are low. There are very few scales that measure health literacy in children. Although there are no school health nursing practices in Northern Cyprus, there are no training programs to develop positive health behaviors. With this study we have planned, it is aimed to implement a training program within the scope of the "School Health Nursing Program" in primary schools selected as a pilot in Northern Cyprus and to form the foundations of School health nursing in our country in line with its results. In addition, measurement tools specific to age groups are needed to measure the level of health literacy, especially in school-age children. Therefore, another purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of this program on children by implementing an education program within the scope of the "School Health Nursing Program", which will be a first in our country, and to develop the "Child Health Literacy Scale" and to make it a significant contribution to science with this scale.

Study Overview

Status

Not yet recruiting

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

Today's health systems are of great importance in protecting and improving the health of children. It is very important for children to take their own health responsibilities in giving them positive health behavior. The rapid advancement of technology, cultural differences, changing living conditions, and increasing chronic diseases show us that people should have the authority to make decisions about their own health, starting from primary school and childhood. All these bring the concept of health literacy to the fore. According to WHO, the concept of health literacy is the cognitive and social skills about individuals' ability to access, understand and use information and their desires in order to protect and improve well-being in health. It is very important to provide health education appropriate to age groups for the development of health literacy in children. School-based health education is necessary for health promotion in the 21st century. In this context, school health nurses gain great importance. School health nursing is of great importance for children to acquire positive health behaviors and to take their own health responsibilities . In addition to the importance of school health nursing, it is also important to know the health literacy levels of children. Studies show that children's health literacy levels are low. There are very few scales that measure health literacy in children. There is no scale developed to measure health literacy in primary school students in the literature. Among the topics given to children in health education, nutrition, physical activity, first aid, individual hygiene, protection from accidents and prevention of violence are among the most important.

In the development of positive health behaviors, healthy nutrition and regular physical activity behaviors, the education given at school age is very important. In this sense, important responsibilities fall on school health nurses. Although there are no school health nursing practices in Northern Cyprus, there are no training programs to develop positive health behaviors. With this study we have planned, it is aimed to implement a training program within the scope of the "School Health Nursing Program" in primary schools selected as a pilot in Northern Cyprus and to form the foundations of School health nursing in our country in line with its results. In addition, measurement tools specific to age groups are needed to measure the level of health literacy, especially in school-age children. Therefore, another purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of this program on children by implementing an education program within the scope of the "School Health Nursing Program", which will be a first in our country, and to develop the "Child Health Literacy Scale" and to make it a significant contribution to science with this scale.

GOAL

This study was planned to evaluate the effectiveness of the school health nursing program administered to primary school students under the leadership of a nurse and to develop the "Child Health Literacy Scale".

MATERIALS AND METHODS

  1. Type of Research

    The research will be carried out in accordance with the methodological and randomized controlled experimental research design.

  2. Place and time of the research

    The research will be carried out in two stages in state primary schools affiliated to the Ministry of National Education and Culture located within the borders of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, following the approval of the Ethics Committee and institutional permissions.

  3. The universe and sample of the research

The Universe of the research will be formed by the children studying in state primary schools affiliated with the Ministry of National Education and Culture of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus between the dates of the research. The study, which is planned in two stages, will be studied with two sample groups.

In the first stage: 4th grade students of two primary schools in the Kyrenia region will participate in the selection of the school where the "School Health Nursing Application Program", which is included in the first stage of the research, will be applied. In the study, it is expected that there will be a moderate increase in the scale scores of the experimental group children after the education and the effect size is high (d = 0.50) according to the Cohen scale. Accordingly, the sample size required for 80% power at d = 0.50 and α = 0.05 was determined as 30 persons for the experimental group to approach the normal distribution by using G * Power 3.1.9.2 software. Similarly, 30 people will be taken for the control group, and the sample size is 60 people, 30 being experimental and 30 control groups. The experimental and control group students will be determined with the MedCalc software using the block randomization technique.

In the second stage, the development of the "Child Health-Literacy Scale" will be carried out with 6458 students in the 9-11 age group who attend 4th and 5th grades of primary schools. Students will be determined by simple random sampling method among 4th and 5th grade students of primary schools in Kyrenia, Nicosia, Güzelyurt, Famagusta and İskele districts.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Anticipated)

60

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Contact

Study Contact Backup

Study Locations

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

9 years to 11 years (Child)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

All male and female students in the 9-11 age group in the two primary schools where the study will be conducted.

Exclusion Criteria:

All male and female students except 9-11 age group

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Supportive Care
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: experimental
A 12-week training program will be applied to the experimental group. Pre-tests will be applied before the trainings begin, and height and weight measurement, nutrition, health perception and behavior scale and physical activity scale will be applied to the experimental group and the control group within the 3rd and 6th month after the training program begins. Scale applications will be applied within 2 days, taking into account the attention span of the students.
Behavioral: positive health behavior
Training on nutrition, physical activity, first aid, individual hygiene, violence and bullying will be provided to the initiative group.
No Intervention: no intervention
Power point presentations will be given to the control group

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
With the school health nursing program to be implemented within 6 months, a moderate increase in physical activity, nutrition and health perception and behavior scale scores of students is expected.
Time Frame: 6 month
power analyze
6 month
Nutrition Behavior Scale
Time Frame: 6 mounth
The scale was developed to determine the nutritional consumption of children. It consists of 14 items. High scores on the scale indicate that the children are healthy.
6 mounth
Health Perceptions and Health Behaviors Scale in Children
Time Frame: 6 Mounth
This scale was developed by Walker Sechrst and Pender to evaluate children's health perceptions and health behaviors
6 Mounth
Physical Activity Self-Efficacy Scale for Children
Time Frame: 6 Mounth
This scale was developed to evaluate the physical activity and self-efficacy levels of primary school students
6 Mounth

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Eastern Mediterranean University

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (Anticipated)

April 1, 2022

Primary Completion (Anticipated)

April 1, 2022

Study Completion (Anticipated)

October 15, 2022

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

March 22, 2021

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

April 1, 2021

First Posted (Actual)

April 2, 2021

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

August 18, 2021

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

August 17, 2021

Last Verified

August 1, 2021

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Other Study ID Numbers

  • easternmediterraneanuniversity

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

YES

IPD Plan Description

statistical analyze

IPD Sharing Supporting Information Type

  • SAP
  • CSR

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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