How have we used e- Bug in the UK?

e-Bug UK School Involvement OutreachResearch 2 Presentation title - edit in Header and Footer

3 School involvement Implementation survey Interaction with school organisations Newsletters / News links Competitions Guinness World Record

Interaction with school organisations School Involvement

Effect of implementation strategy January 2011April 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

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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

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

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13 Presentation title - edit in Header and Footer 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

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

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 mandate Learning for students Improve student recruitment Develop a range of skills Learning from their peers

Outline of the pilot workshop 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 The peer educators delivered the e-Bug science road show to their peers Day 1 Day 2 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 event The 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 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. o 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

Research: Farm Hygiene 24 Presentation title - edit in Header and Footer 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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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 harmful187 (90%) 12% At the farm microbes can be found: On cows201 (97%) 17% On gates180 (91%) 35% In the grass172 (86%) 31% On your wellie boots176 (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% 27 Presentation title - edit in Header and Footer

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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