Effects of a Self-Efficacy Enhancement Program on Knowledge and Decision-Making Skills in Preventing Unintentional Injury and First Aid for Kindergarten Teachers
Keywords:
Self-efficacy enhancement program, Unintentional injury prevention and first aid, Knowledge, Decision-making skills, Kindergarten teachersAbstract
This quasi-experimental study with two-group pretest-posttest design, was aimed to examine the effects of a self-efficacy enhancement program on knowledge and decision-making skills regarding unintentional injury prevention and first aid among kindergarten teachers. The sample consisted of 60 kindergarten teachers in Nakhon Ratchasima Province, selected through multi-stage random sampling and simple random sampling assigned equally to experimental and comparison groups (30 participants each). The research instruments included: 1) The self-efficacy enhancement program for unintentional injury prevention and first aid delivered via the Line official account, 2) A knowledge questionnaire, and 3) A decision-making skills scale. The reliability coefficients (KR-20) of instruments part 2 and 3 were 0.85 and 0.80, respectively. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, the Wilcoxon Signed-Rank Test, and the Mann-Whitney U Test.
The results revealed that the experimental group demonstrated significantly higher knowledge related to unintentional injury prevention and first aid after the program was delivered (p< .001). Furthermore, their decision-making skills also improved significantly compared to the pre-test (p< .01). When comparing between groups: 1) the mean score of knowledge among experimental group (Mean=20.63, SD.=1.54) was significantly higher than that of the comparison group (Mean=19.03, SD.=1.13) at the .001 level, and 2) the mean score of decision-making skills among the experimental group (Mean=11.67, SD.= .55) was also significantly higher than that of the comparison group (Mean=10.73, SD.=1.14) at the .001 level.
Therefore, the self-efficacy enhancement program was effective in enhancing knowledge and decision-making skills regarding unintentional injury prevention and first aid among early childhood caregivers. It is recommended that the program should be disseminated and applied among other stakeholders involved in early childhood care.
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