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http://dx.doi.org/10.7731/KIFSE.2018.32.3.123

Study on the Development and the Effects of a Fire Safety Education Program for the Elderly  

Kim, Youngdo (Seoul Emergency Operation Center)
Kim, Youngbin (Korea National Open University, Dept. of Education)
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Fire Science and Engineering / v.32, no.3, 2018 , pp. 123-133 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study analyzed the effects influencing the elderly's knowledge on fire safety and practices of fire safety accident prevention after developing a Fire Safety Education Program for the elderly. The program was developed through verification using some experts and a pilot study after selecting the objective, goals, contents, and teaching & learning methods of the program based on the basic survey and literature review. The effects of the program were verified by conducting some non-equivalent control group pre- and post-tests after dividing the targets into the experimental group (the Fire Safety Education Program for the elderly was implemented) and control group (only printed hand-outs were given) among 48 elderly people no younger than 65 years of age. A paired t-test revealed some statistically significant differences between the scores of the pre- and post-tests of the experimental and control groups. ANCOVA found that the effects of the program were significantly higher than those of the printed hand-outs because the post-test scores of the experimental group were higher than those of the control group.
Keywords
Fire safety education; Fire and fall; Education for the elderly; Development and effects of program;
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