Coco and Pat: A Children’s Story to Reinforce Knowledge on COVID-19 Health Protocols among 3rd Graders in the Division of Northern Samar
- Country : Philippines
- Subject : Education
Keywords : COVID-19 health protocols, story booklet, school children
Abstract
The threat and potency of COVID-19 to inflict harm and even claim lives continue to grow with its emerging variants. Both adults and young children have no escape. Prevention is proven to be the initial tool against its seemingly irrepressible spread. However, while information about preventive measures can be found on television and the internet, young children in rural areas are still less exposed to this information. As a registered nurse, I adopted a story booklet, “Coco and Pat,” portraying the COVID-19 health protocols to help reinforce the knowledge that the 3rd graders in the Division of Northern Samar have. Using reactive and technical action research models and with three pilot schools, test and semi-structured interviews were conducted. Through mixed methods concurrent embedded research design, the quantitative and qualitative data were analyzed and merged. Statistical tools such as descriptive statistics and dependent means t-test and thematic analysis were utilized. Results indicated a large significant difference in the pretest and posttest scores of the pupils from the three participating schools. To substantiate this, the testimonies of the pupils revealed that the booklet expedites information dissemination of the COVID-19 health protocols as it helped them expand information, identify role models, relate to actual events, and encourage repeated reading. These findings were crucial as they add to the use of mother tongue and images in imparting knowledge to school children. And as the pandemic continues to ravage the country and the world, every single form of information dissemination is needed to prevent the virus from spreading further. It is recommended that this story booklet is used among school children.
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