Martins FDP, Leal LP, Linhares FMP, Santos AHDS, Leite GDO, Pontes CM. Effect of the board game as educational technology on schoolchildren's knowledge on breastfeeding1.
Rev Lat Am Enfermagem 2018;
26:e3049. [PMID:
30183874 PMCID:
PMC6136527 DOI:
10.1590/1518-8345.2316.3049]
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Abstract
Objective:
to evaluate the effect of the board game as an educational technology on
schoolchildren’s knowledge on breastfeeding.
Method:
cluster-randomized clinical trial, held in nine schools, with 99 children in
the third grade of elementary school (control group = 51 and intervention
group = 48). The pretest was conducted in both groups; intervention
consisted in the application of the educational technology immediately after
pretest to the intervention group; and the post-test was applied on the 7th
and 30th days to both groups. For the analysis of children’s knowledge on
breastfeeding, we considered the pre- and post-test score means, using the
Mann-Whitney test - for comparing the means between groups - and the
Wilcoxon test - within the same group.
Results:
there was no statistically significant difference between the groups in the
pretest. In the follow-up, when comparing the groups, there were higher
means in the intervention group, on the 7th (19.68 ±1.788) and on the 30th
(20.16±1.260) days, with statistically significant difference. Within the
intervention group, there was significant increase of the means in the
pretest (15.89±3.082) for the 30th day (20.16±1.260).
Conclusion:
such educational intervention has significantly contributed to the increase
in scores of children’s knowledge on breastfeeding for the intervention
group. UTN: U1111-1184-7386.
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