Evaluating a Health Educational First Aid Program for Special Education School Personnel: a Cluster Randomised Trial

To evaluate the effectiveness of a health educational first aid program for special education school personnel. Cluster randomized trial using Solomon four group design. Twenty-four randomly selected special education schools in Attiki, Greece. For conducting the study ethical approval was granted both by the Greek Ministry of Education and the Pedagogic Institution. Schools were randomized in four groups. The two intervention groups consisted of 86 participants and the two control of 94. Knowledge was assessed by a First Aid Questionnaire (Cronbach's alpha=0.79) employing non parametric tests. Statistical analysis showed significant difference within the four groups. Intervention groups had improved significantly their knowledge showing that the program was effective (Kruskal-Wallis one way ANOVA χ^sup 2^=74.383, p