Using a Self-Instructional Module to Improve Secondary School Students' Knowledge of Road Traffic Accident Prevention in West Bengal, India

Abstract

A pre experimental study was conducted to create knowledge among secondary school children regarding prevention of road traffic accidents by administration of self instructional module (SIM). The study's goals were to compare participants’ knowledge of traffic accident prevention before and after a self-educational module were administered. A pre experimental one group pre-test- post-test design with non probability purposive sampling technique was adopted to select 60 school children of class VIII & IX. Semi-structured questionnaire for demographic data & structured knowledge questionnaire on prevention of road traffic accidents were used. The study revealed that the mean post test knowledge score (25.81) was significantly higher than the mean pre test knowledge score (13.47) where ‘t’ value showed the result 33.97 which is statistically significant at 0.05 level of significance df (59). The highest mean percentage of post test score is 93.80 that is in the area of steps to prevention of road traffic accidents where mean percentage of pre test score is 47.85. The lowest mean percentage of post test score is 86.66 that is in the area of mode of transport where mean percentage of pre test score is 56.66. Age and class were shown to be important factors in the pre-test knowledge score. In the context of nursing education, administration, practice and research, the study's results have a wide range of implications