Prevention of paediatric acquired brain injury: An interactive, elementary-school program

Responding to a gap in existing programs that aim to prevent spinal cord an d brain injuries among children, an interactive activity-based program was developed and implemented through local elementary schools, focusing on chi ldren 8 to 10 years of age. Evaluation involved a pretest/post-test design with a comparison group who had not experienced the program. Children who p articipated in the program showed increases in knowledge, self-reported cha nges in behaviour, and favourable shifts in attitudes about vulnerability t o injury four months after exposure to the program. Control group children responded similarly to how children in the intervention group responded on the pretest measure.