Taking Care of Friends

The Implementation Evaluation of a Peer-Focused School Program Using First Aid to Reduce Adolescent Risk-Taking and Injury

Datos Bibliográficos

ID15494442
AutoresLisa Buckley (0000-0003-1542-938X, The University of Queensland, autor de correspondencia), Mary Sheehan (Queensland University of Technology), Mary C Sheehan (0000-0002-2070-4094, Queensland University of Technology), Kelly Dingli (Queensland University of Technology), Bianca Reveruzzi (Queensland University of Technology), Veronica Horgan (Queensland University of Technology)
Año2021
Volumen18
Número24
Páginas13030-13030
Fecha de publicación2021-12-10
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601
EditorialMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3390/ijerph182413030
PMID34948640
OpenAlexW4200133110
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas2
Referencias citadas31

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

At-risk students · Business · Developmental psychology · Focus group · Harm · Injury prevention · Medical education · Medical emergency · Peer group · Poison control · Program evaluation · Social connectedness · Suicide prevention · Gun Ownership and Violence Research · Human Factors and Ergonomics · Injury Epidemiology and Prevention · Medicine · Psychology · Social Psychology · Youth Development and Social Support