The Effects of Barefoot Education in Elementary Schools on Safety and Health Behaviour Modifications.
| Accession number;99A0820193 |
| Title;The Effects of Barefoot Education in Elementary Schools on Safety and Health Behaviour Modifications. |
| Author;AOYAGI NAOKO(Univ. of Tokyo, Grad. Sch.) UCHIYAMA YUKO(Kyorin Univ., Grad. Sch.) KOBAYASHI MASAKO(Inst. of Public Health) SHIBAWAKA TERUAKI(Univ. of Tokyo, Grad. Sch.) ETO TAKASHI(Univ. of Tokyo, Grad. Sch.) |
Journal Title;Japanese Journal of Health and Human Ecology
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Journal Code:Z0663A
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ISSN:0368-9395
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VOL.65;NO.4;PAGE.173-181(1999)
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| Figure&Table&Reference;TBL.4, REF.17 |
| Pub. Country;Japan |
| Language;Japanese |
| Abstract;Based on a questionnaire survey carried out in July 1996, this study aims to evaluate the effects of barefoot education of schoolchildren in elementary schools, with respect to behaviour modification concerning safety and healthy lifestyle. The subjects were 571 schoolchildren, 420 from a school which conducted barefoot education for seven months from April to October and 151 from a school which did not. The 420 children in the former were divided into one group(N=289, 76.1%) who were always barefooted and another(N=91, 23.9%) who were not. The major findings were as follows. 1. The comparison between the two schoolchildren groups revealed that the barefoot education group developed more safety and health behaviour such as avoidance against hazardous objects on the schoolyard and in the classroom, hand-washing, and cleaning of gymnastic wear. 2. Within the schoolchildren in the barefoot education school, the "always berefooted" group paid more attention to hazardous objects and did hand-washing more frequently, though significantly different items between the two groups were fewer than those in the between-school comparison. This study suggests advantageous effects of barefoot education on development of safety and healthy behaviour in schoolchildren. (author abst.) |
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