how have we used e-bug in the uk?
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How have we used e-Bug in the UK?. School involvement Implementation survey Interaction with school organisations Newsletters / News links Competitions Guinness World Record. School Involvement. Interaction with school organisations. Effect of implementation strategy. January 2011. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
How have we used e-Bug in the UK?
e-Bug UK
School Involvemen
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Outreach
Research
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School involvement• Implementation survey• Interaction with school organisations• Newsletters / News links• Competitions• Guinness World Record
Interaction with school organisations
School Involvement
Effect of implementation strategyJanuary 2011 April 2011
Newsletters / News links
• Send quarterly newsletters to named contacts at schools
• Information on− new developments− Competitions− National / International
campaigns
School Involvement
Competitions
School Involvement
• Linked to health campaigns
• Funded by partner organisations
• Various formats− Poster competitions− Design a game− Create a film− Teacher lesson plans
Previous competitions
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2008 2010
Guinness World Record
School Involvement
• Global Hand Washing Coalition and Schools Council UK
• Specific guidelines set by Guinness− Minimum of 25 participants per
venue− Same lesson plan− Minimum lesson time 30
minutes
• Over 550 schools registered an interest in the challenge
• 21 schools (2,147 participants) from across England and Wales took part in the event
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More tissues were used in the classroom
The young people remembered the key messages 6 months later
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WILL YOU TAKE UP THE CHALLENGE?
e-Bug UK
School Involvemen
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Outreach
Research
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Outreach• Science Show• Virtual Science Show
Outreach: Science Road show• Developed in collaboration with BSAC
• Delivered in schools and at science festivals across the country
• Junior and senior activities
• Evaluated in 2011
Outreach: Science Road Show
Videos of each Road Show stand can be viewed on the Science Show webpage
VIRTUAL Science Road Show
e-Bug UK
School Involvemen
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Outreach
Research
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Research
• 16 – 18 year olds needs assessment• Peer Education• Farming resource development
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• Collaboration with local Environmental Health Departments
• Pilot workshop took place in 2013
• Currently rolling out in three regions and evaluating
Research: Peer Education
How will the project work?
Environmental Health
Departments
Senior schools
Junior schools
Environmental Health Officers
Feeder Primary school students
Peer Educators
Parents
Peers
Parents
Fulfil mandateFulfil mandate
Learning for students
Learning for students
Improve student recruitment
Develop a range of skills
Learning from their peers
Outline of the pilot workshopThe e-Bug science road show was delivered to Year 8 students
30 students were selected as peer educators
The peer educators were trained on how to deliver the road show
The peer educators delivered the e-Bug science road show to their peers
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How was the workshop evaluated?Students involved in the workshop completed before and after knowledge questionnaires. Peer educators were also interviewed after the workshop.
Pilot eventThe event was received well by both students and teachers:
“… I think that it’s more of a fun way of learning if you get someone like, from like your age, you can get across learning in your like, your way kind of thing...” Peer Educator, Year 8
“The reciprocal learning, from the team of Year 8 students, was really special. This made the event really stick in everyone’s minds. The ‘waves will go out across the pond’, so to speak, about this and such real life learning will not be forgotten. This was truly life changing….”
Headteacher.
“It’s quite a good learning experience, because you build up your confidence to like speak and, like in front of an audience.”
Peer Educator, Year 8
Outcomes from the pilot eventThe students adapted the delivery of the stands to suit their own style and teaching.
The knowledge change questionnaires showed that there was a significant improvement in knowledge for all topics covered.
o The Antibiotics topic had the lowest pre-workshop knowledge of all topics covered
Table 1: Results Before And After Teaching, By Questionnaire Section.
TOPICS% CORRECT
BEFORE % CORRECT
AFTER % IMPROVEMENT
SCORE p valueMicrobe Mania 69 79 10 0.04Horrid Hands 79 87 8 0.01Super Sneezes 56 70 14 <0.001Kitchen Mayhem 61 74 13 <0.001Antibiotics 40 50 10 0.002
‘Antibiotics kill viruses’ only received a pre-workshop correct score of 5.9%, with a 32.4% improvement score
Research: Farm Hygiene
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• School visits to farms are a positive educational experience but pose risks due to the spread of zoonotic infections.
• Response to the Griffin Investigation into the E. coli outbreak associated with Godstone Farm 2009
• Developed resource in collaboration with FACE and teachers
• Evaluated in England and published findings
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The Spread of Infection section aims to teach students how poor hand hygiene, respiratory hygiene and improper care with food can lead to the spread of microbes and disease. Section 2.4, Farm Hygiene, teaches students that the farm environment is home to both useful and harmful microbes. Students learn through group discussion, ‘social networking’, and a farm journey board game, the risks and benefits of various farm microbes.
Key Stage 2 Sc1: 1a, 1b, 2a, 2b, 2c, 2d, 2e, 2f,
2g, 2h, 2i, 2j, 2k, 2l Sc2: 2g, 5f Unit of Study Unit 6 – Micro-organisms Estimated Teaching Time 50 minutes
Learning Outcomes All students will learn that:
Useful microbes on the farm help the farmer with food production Harmful microbes can be found on the farm and that these microbes can
spread to humans By washing our hands and following some basic rules we can reduce the
chance of picking up an infection on the farm More able students will learn:
Where specific harmful microbes can be found on the farm Where specific useful microbes can be found on the farm and how they
are used in food production
Farm Hygiene Resource Methods
• Before and after questionnaires
• 225 students from seven junior schools
• Knowledge change observed using percentage
correct answers
After the lesson correct answers (% correct)
% improvement with lesson
Introduction to microbes: If you cannot see a microbe it is not there
197 (94%) 20%
All bacteria are harmful 187 (90%) 12%At the farm microbes can be found: On cows 201 (97%) 17%On gates 180 (91%) 35%In the grass 172 (86%) 31%On your wellie boots 176 (88%) 26%It is OK to eat your sweets while walking around a farm
159 (77%) 13%
Hand hygiene: Washing hands with alcohol gel/wipes will remove all bad microbes on the farm
125 (61%) 23%
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Farm Hygiene Resource Results
• Significant knowledge improvement was observed for all sections.
• Girls and boys demonstrated 18% (p<0.001) and 11% (p<0.001) improvement, respectively (girls vs. boys p<0.004).
• As girls had lower baseline knowledge the greater percentage improvement resulted in similar post intervention knowledge scores between genders (girls 80%, boys 83%).
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