Effectiveness of Structured Teaching Programme on Road Safety Measures and Prevention of Road Traffic Accident Among Third Year College Students in Al –Ameen College of Engineering at Kulappully

Abstract

Aim: A road traffic accident (RTA) was defined as accident, which took place on the road between two or more objects, one of which must be any kind of a moving vehicle. The major causes for rating our country are rapid increase in personalized modes of transport, a mixture of slow- and fastmoving vehicles, lack of road discipline, drunken driving and use of mobile phones while driving. Road traffic crashes are one of the world’s largest public health and injury prevention problems. In this study we are trying to analyse the knowledge of engineering students regarding the road safety measures and road traffic accident. Statement of the problem: Effectiveness of Structured Teaching Programme on Road Safety Measures and Prevention of Road Traffic Accident Among Third Year College Students In Al-Ameen College of Engineering At Kulapully. Objectives: (1)To assess knowledge of third year college students regarding road safety measures and prevention of road traffic accidents (2) To evaluate the effectiveness of structured teaching programme regarding road safety measures and prevention of road traffic accidents. (3) To find out the association between knowledge of the third-year college students regarding road safety measures and prevention of road traffic accidents with selected demographic variables Methodology: Quantitative research approach, one group pre-test post-test design adopted for the study. Pre-test is assessed by using structured questionnaire and educated the third-year engineering students with a structured teaching programme of road traffic accident. The post –test was after two weeks with same structured knowledge questionnaire. Data Analysis and Interpretation: The collected data was analysed by descriptive and inferential statistics. Demographic variables were analysed by descriptive method. Effectiveness by using ‘t’ test and association by chi square test. Result and Discussion: The finding showed that mean post- test value (18.43) is higher than pretest mean value (10.27). There were significant association of demographic variables with pre –test knowledge such as gender, religion, type of licence, source of information and driving experience. Conclusion: It indicates the drastic change of increased knowledge among third year engineering students about road safety measures and prevention of road traffic accident by the structured teaching programe.