The Journal of Korean Society for School & Community Health Education (한국학교ㆍ지역보건교육학회지)
- Volume 12 Issue 1
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- Pages.71-89
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- 2011
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- 1975-7697(pISSN)
Characteristics of Risk Behavior Related to the School Accident between Male and Female Elementary School Students
성별에 따른 초등학생 학교사고의 위험행동특성
- Lee, Myung-Sun (Department of Health Education & Management in Ewha Womans University) ;
- Lee, Hye-Jin (Korea Human Resource Development Institute for Health and Welfare)
- Received : 2011.04.01
- Accepted : 2011.06.15
- Published : 2011.06.30
Abstract
Objectives: The purpose of this study is to identify risk behavior related to the school accident between male and female elementary school students. Methods: 838 School accident data provided by Seoul School Safety Council were analyzed by gender. Based on the results above, survey questionnaires on characteristics of school accident were developed. Self-reported data were collected from a sample population of 433 students in grade 5 to 6 students attending 4 elementary schools in Seoul. Results: The students who answered they experienced the accident in school for the past 1 year, accounts 60.5% of male and 39.5% of females students, which has statistically significant difference. The male's cases happened most around corridor/door, while female's cases happened most in the playground/gymnasium. As for the accident risk behavior, male students had the risk behavior by using the personal belongings/toys, while the female students had much risk behavior related to physical facility/playground. When classifying the characteristics of risk behaviors according to the accident causes, male students showed higher score in the accident risk behaviors related to play/fight than in those of the female students(p<0.05). Conclusions: Health care providers should develop school safety programs by characteristics of risk behavior between male and female elementary school students.