title: Efficacy and impact of back care education on knowledge and behaviour of elementary schoolchildren.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the usefulness of a back care education programme on the promotion of knowledge and behaviour of fifth-grade elementary schoolchildren in terms of reducing risk factors for low back pain later in life.
  
  
  METHODS
  Multi-stage random sampling was used to classify the pupils in one of the intervention or control groups. A validated questionnaire was filled out by each subject before the educational programme, and a week and three months afterwards.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Improvement in knowledge and behaviour of pupils was observed a week and three months after the intervention (P<0.001) with no significant difference between the boys and the girls. However, a decreasing trend was observed in knowledge and behaviour pattern form a week to three months after the intervention.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Considering back care education in the school curriculum is recommended for long-term sustainability of an educational programme.
authors: Health Promotion Research Center, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran.
authors: Rahele Hashemi
authors: RH
authors: Habybabady
authors: Alireza
authors: A
authors: Ansari-Moghaddam
authors: Ramazan
authors: R
authors: Mirzaei
authors: Mahdi
authors: M
authors: Mohammadi
authors: Marzieh
authors: M
authors: Rakhshani
authors: Abdolali
authors: A
authors: Khammar
mesh_terms: D000704:Analysis of Variance; D002648:Child; D003479:Curriculum; D005260:Female; D006266:Health Education; D006801:Humans; D007492:Iran; D017116:Low Back Pain / Q000517:prevention & control*; D008297:Male; D010147:Pain Measurement; D012572:School Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires