EFFECTIVENESS OF CHILD TO CHILD APPROACH ON FIRST AID MANAGEMENT IN A SELECTED SCHOOL AT MANGALORE

MS NIMITHA THAMPY PLACHERIYIL; MRS.MALARVIZHI M

Volume : IV, Issue : VI, June - 2015

EFFECTIVENESS OF CHILD TO CHILD APPROACH ON FIRST AID MANAGEMENT IN A SELECTED SCHOOL AT MANGALORE

Ms Nimitha Thampy Placheriyil, Mrs. Malarvizhi M

Abstract :

Background of the study Accidents account for nearly 90% of all external causes of morbidity and mortality and constitute a major cause of death in the pediatric population1 . Child–to–Child�s core principle maintains that children can and should be actively involved in improving their own situation and that of their family and neighbors.2 Materials and methods:Two group pre–test post–test designs were used. Samples were selected by simple random sampling for group1 (adult to child approach) and group 2 (child to child approach). The study sample size was 60 students. Results:Group 1 pre– test mean knowledge score was 9.03 � 2.22and post test mean score was 16.96�1.75 with mean differences of 7.93 (t=18.06, p<0.05).Group 2 pre –test mean knowledge score was 10.66�2.98 and post test score was 18.6 � 2.00 5 with the mean difference of 7.9(t =13.27, p<0.05).Conclusion:Child to child approach was effective