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Journal article
Taking Care of Friends: The Implementation Evaluation of a Peer-Focused School Program Using First Aid to Reduce Adolescent Risk-Taking and Injury
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol.18(24), pp.1-14
2021
PMID: 34948640
Abstract
Injury is a leading cause of adolescent deaths, with risk-taking associated with a sizeable proportion of injuries and many of those risks undertaken in the presence of peers or with peers' knowledge. Novel ways to promote safety are required and using the peer-relationship may be an important mechanism for prevention. This study reports on the implementation evaluation of the Skills for Preventing Injury in Youth (SPIY) program. SPIY is a high-school program designed to reduce injury by encouraging peers to look out for one another and prevent risk-taking, complemented by developing peer helping and first aid skills as well as school connectedness. 152 students and 12 teachers who delivered SPIY participated in separate 30 min focus groups and reported on students' understanding of peer protective behaviour and the program implementation (adherence, dose, quality of program delivery, and participant responsiveness). Students reported on many approaches to protecting friends and both students and teachers reported they found the program interesting, interactive, and able to be delivered. Peer protection messages were relevant and acceptable to teachers and students in a risk-taking harm reduction program to reduce adolescent injury.
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- Title
- Taking Care of Friends: The Implementation Evaluation of a Peer-Focused School Program Using First Aid to Reduce Adolescent Risk-Taking and Injury
- Authors
- Lisa Buckley (Corresponding Author) - The University of QueenslandMary Sheehan - Queensland University of TechnologyKelly Dingli - Queensland University of TechnologyBianca Reveruzzi - Queensland University of TechnologyVeronica Horgan - Queensland University of Technology
- Publication details
- International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol.18(24), pp.1-14
- Publisher
- MDPI AG
- Date published
- 2021
- DOI
- 10.3390/ijerph182413030
- ISSN
- 1660-4601; 1661-7827
- PMID
- 34948640
- Copyright note
- © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
- Data Availability
- Data are not publicly available as permission was not obtained from participants to do so.
- Grant note
- Supported (partially) by the Motor Accident Insurance Commission (MAIC) Queensland.
- Organisation Unit
- Road Safety Research Collaboration; School of Law and Society
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 991044898302621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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