How have we used e-Bug in the UK?

1. How have we used e-Bug in the UK?

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3. School involvement • Implementation survey • Interaction with school organisations • Newsletters / News links • Competitions • Guinness World Record Presentation title - edit in Header and Footer

4. School Involvement Interaction with school organisations

5. Effect of implementation strategy January 2011 April 2011

6. School Involvement Newsletters / News links • Send quarterly newsletters to named contacts at schools • Information on • new developments • Competitions • National / International campaigns

7. School Involvement Competitions • Linked to health campaigns • Funded by partner organisations • Various formats • Poster competitions • Design a game • Create a film • Teacher lesson plans

8. Previous competitions 2008 2010 Presentation title - edit in Header and Footer

9. School Involvement Guinness World Record • 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

10. The young people remembered the key messages 6 months later More tissues were used in the classroom Presentation title - edit in Header and Footer

11. Will you take up the challenge? Presentation title - edit in Header and Footer

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13. Outreach • Science Show • Virtual Science Show Presentation title - edit in Header and Footer

14. 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

15. Outreach: Science Road Show

16. VIRTUAL Science Road Show Videos of each Road Show stand can be viewed on the Science Show webpage

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18. Research • 16 – 18 year olds needs assessment • Peer Education • Farming resource development Presentation title - edit in Header and Footer

19. Research: Peer Education • Collaboration with local Environmental Health Departments • Pilot workshop took place in 2013 • Currently rolling out in three regions and evaluating

20. How will the project work? Fulfil mandate Fulfil mandate Environmental Health Officers Environmental Health Departments Improve student recruitment Learning for students Peers Peer Educators Senior schools Parents Develop a range of skills Learning for students Feeder Primary school students Junior schools Parents Learning from their peers

21. Outline of the pilot workshop Day 1 The 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 Day 2 The peer educators delivered the e-Bug science road show to their peers How was the workshop evaluated? Students involved in the workshop completed before and after knowledge questionnaires. Peer educators were also interviewed after the workshop.

22. Pilot event The event was received well by both students and teachers: “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 “… 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.

23. Outcomes from the pilot event • The 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. • The Antibiotics topic had the lowest pre-workshop • knowledge of all topics covered ‘Antibiotics kill viruses’ only received a pre-workshop correct score of 5.9%, with a 32.4% improvement score

24. Research: Farm Hygiene • 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 Presentation title - edit in Header and Footer

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26. Farm Hygiene Resource Methods • Before and after questionnaires • 225 students from seven junior schools • Knowledge change observed using percentage correct answers

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28. 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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