title: Effects of spinal health educational programs for elementary school children.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study examined the effects of spinal health educational programs.
  
  
  METHODS
  A nonequivalent control-group pretest-posttest design was used. Participants were 88 fifth-grade elementary schoolchildren. Three groups were compared: a Web-based program group, a traditional face-to-face program group, and a control group.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In both intervention groups, the changes for spinal health knowledge and self-efficacy were significantly higher than those of the control group. However, the changes of spinal health practices were not significantly different.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  A Web-based spinal health education program is a convenient and flexible health educational approach that was as effective in this study as traditional face-to-face instruction.
authors: Department of Nursing, Chosun University, Gwangju, South Korea.
authors: Jeong-hwan
authors: JH
authors: Park
authors: Jin-Sun
authors: JS
authors: Kim
mesh_terms: D001416:Back Pain / Q000517:prevention & control*; D002648:Child; D003194:Computer-Assisted Instruction; D005260:Female; D006184:Habits; D006266:Health Education; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D008297:Male; D011187:Posture; D056910:Republic of Korea; D020377:Self Efficacy; D013122:Spinal Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control*