• Mohamad-Hani Temsah, Fadi Aljamaan, Ali Alhaboob, Badr Almosned, Raghad Alsebail, Reem Temsah, Abdulrahman Senjab, Abdulrahman Alarfaj, Talal Aljudi, Amr Jamal, Alia Habash, Fahad Alsohime, Mohammed Almazyad, Majed Alabdulhafid, Gamal Hasan, Raghad Asaad Assiri, Wa'ad Massoud Almunassir Alqahtani, Adi Alherbish, Khalid Alhasan, and Ayman Al-Eyadhy.
• College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
• Medicine (Baltimore). 2022 Jan 21; 101 (3): e28649e28649.

BackgroundSafeguarding children and adolescents from unintentional injuries is a significant concern for parents and caregivers. With them staying more at home during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, more educational tools and valid educational programs are warranted to improve parental knowledge and awareness about childhood and adolescences' safety. This study aims to explore the effectiveness of childhood and adolescence safety campaigns on parents' knowledge and attitude toward preventable injuries.MethodsThis was a pre-post experimental study, in which the predesigned assessments were used as an evaluation tool before and after attending a childhood and adolescence safety campaign. The pre-post assessment question included questions to evaluate the socio-demographic status, followed by knowledge questions in line with the current childhood and adolescence safety campaign. The outcomes of interest were assessed before and after attending the campaign's stations.ResultsThree hundred eight parents volunteered to participate in this study. Their knowledge score improved from 36.2 [standard deviation (SD) 17.7] to 79.3 (SD 15.6) after attending the Campaign (t value = 34.6, P < .001). Both, perceptions on the preventability of accidents and the parents' perceived usefulness of educational campaigns showed improvements, with (t value = 6.3, P < .001) and (t value = 3.097, P < .001), respectively.ConclusionThe educational childhood and adolescence safety campaign for caregivers in Saudi Arabia resulted in a significant increase in the overall knowledge and attitudes toward childhood and adolescence's safety. As children and adolescents are currently staying at home more, additional educational tools and programs are warranted to promote safe practices among parents and caregivers.Copyright © 2022 the Author(s). Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc.

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