caa a22 4500 60615311X CHVBK 20210128100552.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150101xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11121-014-0484-0 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11121-014-0484-0 An Evaluation of the Cool 2 Be Safe Program: An Evidence-Based Community-Disseminated Program to Positively Impact Children's Beliefs About Injury Risk on Playgrounds [Elektronische Daten] [Barbara Morrongiello, Alexa Kane] Falls from playground equipment during play are a leading cause of injury for elementary school children. Changes to playground design and surfacing materials can reduce injury risk. However, there is also a need for intervention programs to reduce risky play behaviors by children that are associated with falls. The Cool 2 Be Safe program was developed based on past research that identified effective strategies for targeting injury beliefs that predict risk behaviors on playgrounds among individually tested elementary school children. The current study evaluated the effectiveness of delivering these activities as an integrated program and in a group format in after school programs organized by Boys and Girls Clubs of Canada. The clubs were provided all program and extensive training materials, and a webinar training session was conducted for facilitators. Observations of sessions provided data on fidelity of program delivery. Pre- and post-intervention data assessing children's injury beliefs were collected via survey, with children participating in four structured activity sessions in small groups between premeasures and post-measures. The training materials proved to be quite effective; observational data indicated 88% compliance with the procedures. Comparing children's pre- and post-responses revealed positive changes in injury-risk beliefs that have been shown to predict reduced risk taking on playgrounds. This initial evaluation suggests that the Cool 2 Be Safe community program holds much promise as a means for addressing the issue of fall-risk behaviors by elementary school children on playgrounds. Society for Prevention Research, 2014 Child injury nationallicence Playgrounds nationallicence Risk taking nationallicence Prevention nationallicence Evaluation nationallicence Morrongiello Barbara Psychology Department, University of Guelph, MacKinnon Building-Trent Lane, N1G 2W1, Guelph, ON, Canada aut Kane Alexa Psychology Department, University of Guelph, MacKinnon Building-Trent Lane, N1G 2W1, Guelph, ON, Canada aut Prevention Science Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 16/1(2015-01-01), 61-69 1389-4986 16:1<61 2015 16 11121 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11121-014-0484-0 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11121-014-0484-0 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Morrongiello Barbara Psychology Department, University of Guelph, MacKinnon Building-Trent Lane, N1G 2W1, Guelph, ON, Canada aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Kane Alexa Psychology Department, University of Guelph, MacKinnon Building-Trent Lane, N1G 2W1, Guelph, ON, Canada aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Prevention Science Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 16/1(2015-01-01), 61-69 1389-4986 16:1<61 2015 16 11121