ABSTRACT

This project employed a randomized-control design to evaluate the effectiveness of the MBF Child Safety Matters® (CSM) curriculum. Six Georgia schools across 3 counties agreed to participate, and 136 K – 5th grade classrooms were randomized to either receive the CSM curriculum or be a wait-list control and to receive the curriculum after the evaluation. In total, 2,414 students participated at pretest (1195 CSM and 1219 control) and 2,260 participated at posttest (1159 CSM and 1101 control). Pre/posttests were collected from all students prior to the delivery of the CSM curriculum and again approximately a month later to measure knowledge gains related to child safety. Intervention students displayed a greater increase in knowledge for the information taught in the CSM program as compared to students who did not receive the intervention (d = .29).

摘要

该项目采用随机对照设计来评估 MBF Child Safety Matters® (CSM) 课程的有效性。来自 3 个县的六所佐治亚州学校同意参与，136 K - 5 年级教室被随机分配接受 CSM 课程或作为候补名单控制，并在评估后接受课程。总共有 2,414 名学生参加了前测（1195 名 CSM 和 1219 名对照）和 2,260 名学生参加了后测（1159 名 CSM 和 1101 名对照）。在提供 CSM 课程之前和大约一个月后再次收集所有学生的前/后测试，以衡量与儿童安全相关的知识增益。与未接受干预的学生相比，干预学生对 CSM 课程中教授的信息的了解程度更高 (d = .29)。