A study to assess the effectiveness of Structured Teaching Programme on knowledge regarding Road Safety Measures among School Going Children in Selected School in Selected city

Abstract: As children grow and their world extends beyond the home and out into local roads, they are exposed to hazards and risks. Despite the fact that children use roads as pedestrians, cyclists, motorcyclists and vehicle passengers, the road environment is rarely developed with consideration for their needs. Children work, play or live on the road and this exposure along with other risk factors inherent to childhood makes them particularly vulnerable in traffic hence a study to assess the effectiveness of structured teaching programme on knowledge regarding road safety measures among school going children in selected school in selected city.” Objectives: to assess the existing knowledge of road safety measures among school going children, to assess the effectiveness of structured teaching programme of road safety measures among school going children, to find out the association between knowledge score with their selected demographic variables. The conceptual frame work was based on General Systems Model by Ludwig von Bertalanffy. Hypothesis: H1: There will be significant difference between pre-test and post-test knowledge score among school going children on road safety measures, H2: There will be significant association between knowledge score of road safety measures and selected demographic variables among school going children. Methodology: Pre experimental one group pre-test post-test design was used. 50 samples were selected by simple random sampling technique. Data was collected by using structured questionnaire on knowledge, the knowledge scores classified into 3 categories: good, poor, average, good. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used for analization and interpretation. Mean value at pre-test was 19.16 which increased to 27.18 in post-test. Result: In the pre-test – 13(26%) had poor knowledge, 28(56%) had average knowledge, 9(18%) had good knowledge whereas in the post-test – 0(0%) had poor knowledge, 24(48%) had average knowledge, 26(52%) had good knowledge regarding road safety measures. Conclusion: The study depicted that Structured Teaching Programme is very effective in increasing Knowledge regarding Road Safety Measures among School going children’s in selected school in selected City.