KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDE REGARDING PREVENTION OF ROAD TRAFFIC ACCIDENT AMONG THE COLLEGE STUDENTS IN SELECTED JUNIOR COLLEGES OF METROPOLITAN CITY'.

Reshma Desai; Swapnil Ahire

Volume : VII, Issue : VII, July - 2018

KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDE REGARDING PREVENTION OF ROAD TRAFFIC ACCIDENT AMONG THE COLLEGE STUDENTS IN SELECTED JUNIOR COLLEGES OF METROPOLITAN CITY'.

Reshma Desai, Swapnil Ahire

Abstract :

Introduction: Road accidents are a human tragedy. They involve high human suffering and monetary costs in terms of untimely deaths, injuries and loss of potential income .Each year more than20 million people are injured and 1.7million are killed due to road traffic accident According to WHO Global Burden of Disease Project for 2002, version 5; Road traffic accidents stands as 6th Rank of leading causes of death in children and adolescent. The objective of the study were assess to the effectiveness of structured teaching program on prevention of �Road Traffic Accidents� among Junior college students .Materials and Methods: quasi experimental one group pre and post–test design was used. The Sample for study was n=150 Junior College students studying in XI and XII standard selected by using simple random sampling technique. The pre–test was introduced to assess the knowledge and attitude among the group of samples in view with pretest result STP was formulated and introduced to the samples after that the post–test was conducted and the result were evaluated through structured questionnaire and attitude scale. The data was analyzed using Paired t–test and chi square .Results: The average pretest knowledge and attitude score among adolescent�s students found to be 37.98, 65.70 respectively. After the STP; the mean post–test knowledge and attitude score was 46.08, 67.29 respectively. Thus the difference in level of the knowledge and attitude was confirmed by the obtained paired t–test test value (12.25), (2.09) respectively. This was statistically significant (P<0.001) Conclusion: The structured teaching program was effective in improving knowledge and attitude of College students on prevention of road traffic accidents.