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Effect of the board game as educational technology on schoolchildren’s knowledge on breastfeeding

2018; UNIVERSIDADE DE SÃO PAULO; Volume: 26; Linguagem: Inglês

10.1590/1518-8345.2316.3049

ISSN

1518-8345

Autores

Fernanda Demutti Pimpão Martins, Luciana Pedrosa Leal, Francisca Márcia Pereira Linhares, Alessandro Henrique da Silva Santos, Gerlaine de Oliveira Leite, Cleide Maria Pontes,

Tópico(s)

Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet

Resumo

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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