SIGNIFICANCE OF FIRST AID TRAINING PROGRAMME FOR THE SCHOOL GOING CHILDREN

Ananthabadmanaban.B; Dr.S.Rajina Rani; Dr.B.Ashok

Volume : VIII, Issue : IV, April - 2019

SIGNIFICANCE OF FIRST AID TRAINING PROGRAMME FOR THE SCHOOL GOING CHILDREN

Ananthabadmanaban. B, Dr. S. Rajina Rani, Dr. B. Ashok

Abstract :

First aid training not only provides with knowledge and skill to give life support and other emergency care but also helps to develop safety awareness and habits that promote safety at home at work, during recreation, and on the streets and highways. In the promotion of safety awareness, it is important to closely relate three terms: cause, effect, and prevention. Statistics showed that accidents are the leading cause of death among persons from one year to 38 years old population; thereafter, accidents are one of the leading causes of death. The objectives of the study have been focused on to assess the knowledge and association between Knowledge and selected demographic variables on selected first–aid measures among school children at Khammam. Methods: One group pre and posttest research design was used to achieve the objectives. The study has conducted in government higher secondary school and 50 students studying 7th standard in the age group of 10 years to 12 years were selected by Simple random sampling technique method. Structured interview schedule was used to collect the data Result: On the pretest among 50 school children 18 (36%) had moderately adequate knowledge, 32 (64%) school children had inadequate knowledge. In the posttest 41 (82%) had adequate knowledge, nine (18%) school children had moderately adequate knowledge and none of them had inadequate knowledge. There is an association between knowledge and area of residence and type of family.