Kindergarten students: per cent correct post-test responses
| Correct responses (%) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poison item | Intervention (n=84) | Control (n=71) | Odds ratio | 95% CI |
| 1. What is a poison? | 84.5 | 49.3 | 5.6 | 2.5 to 12.8 |
| 2. Where are poisons found? | 79.7 | 32.3 | 8.2 | 3.8 to 18.3 |
| 3. Name some poisonous spiders | 7.1 | 0.0 | Undefined | — |
| 4. Can you always tell which spiders are poisonous just by looking at them? | 54.7 | 35.2 | 2.2 | 1.1 to 4.5 |
| 5. Name some poisonous snakes | 51.1 | 36.6 | 1.8 | 0.91 to 3.6 |
| 6. Should you pick up a “strange” snake or a spider? | 100.0 | 91.5 | Undefined | — |
| 7. What would you do if you were bitten by a spider or a snake? | 91.6 | 43.6 | 14.2 | 5.4 to 39.2 |
| 8. If you're not sure if something is safe to eat or drink what should you do? | 91.6 | 57.7 | 8.0 | 3.0 to 22.2 |
| 9. Should you ever take medicine without a grown-up present? | 100.0 | 87.3 | Undefined | — |
| 10. Which one (props) is safe to eat or drink? | 94.0 | 47.8 | 17.2 | 5.9 to 59.7 |
| 11. Show me how to do the stingray shuffle | 52.3 | 7.0 | 14.5 | 5.1 to 50.0 |
| 12. Tell me what this is? (poison center telephone sticker) | 76.1 | 4.2 | 72.5 | 19.7 to 383.6 |
| 13. Where are you supposed to put the sticker? | 94.0 | 9.8 | 144.5 | 39.2 to 579.1 |