Effectiveness of Information, Education, Communication Package on Knowledge Regarding Prevention of Road Traffic Accidents among High School Students in a Selected School at Puducherry

Geetha Chockalingam
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Introduction: School students are active youngsters who receive decreasing amounts of supervision from parents and other adults. They are more prone to accidents. 1 The accident is unintended injury, death, or property damage occurring in a sequence of events. Accidents do not just happen; they are caused through thoughtlessness, carelessness, negligence, and a momentary lack of concentration. 2 They have to be taught, trained, and sensitized to traffic rules and accidents. Objectives: (i) To assess the knowledge regarding prevention of road traffic accidents (RTAs) among high school students in a selected school at Puducherry; (ii) to assess the effectiveness of information, education, communication (IEC) package on knowledge regarding prevention of RTAs among high school students in a selected school at Puducherry; and (iii) to find out the association between knowledge scores with selected demographic variables. Methodology: Preexperimental one-group pretest–posttest design was adapted for this study. The simple random sampling technique was used to select the sample of 50 high school students. They were assessed by using IEC package on prevention of RTA. The data were analyzed in terms of both descriptive statistics and inferential statistics. Major findings: The study finding revealed that out of 50 high school students, 36 (72%) of them had adequate knowledge, 14 (28%) of them had moderate knowledge, and 0 (0%) of them had inadequate knowledge regarding prevention of RTA. The analysis shows that the mode of transport is nearly associated with knowledge level, and the p -value is 0.975 among the high school students. Conclusion: The study results proved that IEC package on knowledge regarding prevention of RTA among high school students was highly effective. They will enable them to improve the awareness regarding the traffic rules, and it helps to reduce the RTA among school students.
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普都切里一所选定学校中学生预防道路交通事故知识的信息、教育和交流包的有效性
学生是活跃的年轻人,他们从父母和其他成年人那里得到的监督越来越少。他们更容易发生事故。事故是在一系列事件中发生的意外伤害、死亡或财产损失。事故不会随便发生;它们是由于不考虑、粗心、疏忽和一时不集中注意力造成的。必须对他们进行教育、训练,使他们对交通规则和事故敏感。目标:(i)评估普杜切里一所选定学校中学生关于预防道路交通事故的知识;(ii)评估在普杜切里选定的一所学校对高中生提供预防rta知识的信息、教育和交流包的有效性;(三)找出知识得分与所选人口统计变量之间的关系。方法:本研究采用实验前一组前测后测设计。采用简单随机抽样方法选取50名高中生作为样本。采用IEC预防RTA包进行评估。采用描述性统计和推理统计两种方法对数据进行分析。主要发现:研究发现,50名高中生中,有36人(72%)对RTA的预防知识有充分的了解,14人(28%)对RTA的预防知识有中度了解,0人(0%)对RTA的预防知识有不足的了解。分析表明,交通方式与知识水平密切相关,高中生的p值为0.975。结论:本研究结果证明,教育宣传包对高中生RTA预防知识有较好的效果。他们将使他们提高对交通规则的认识,并有助于减少学校学生的RTA。
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