A Study to Evaluate the Effectiveness of Planned Teaching Programme on Knowledge regarding First Aid Management among Primary School Teachers in selected schools at Bangalore

Abstract

First aid is the first and immediate assistance given to any children with either a minor or serious illness or injury, with care provided to preserve life. The results of study showed that pre-test mean score is 15.65 with 48.9% with standard deviation of 3.862 before the administration of planned teaching programs, the post-test mean score is 25.75 with 80.46%. The comparison of overall knowledge scores on first aid management before and after the planned teaching programs. The mean difference 10.10 with standard deviation 3.549 the t-test value t = 25.452 and is significant. In all aspects the school teachers have improved their knowledge after the administration of planned teaching programs. The difference between pre-test and post-test knowledge score is large it is significant. Statistical significant was calculated using students paired t-test. The association between selected demographic variables significantly associated with the pretest knowledge scores. The association was determined by using Pearson chi square test.