Volume : 8, Issue : 10, October - 2019

A SENSITIZING PROGRAM ON PREVENTION OF ROAD TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS AMONG ADOLESCENT STUDYING IN HIGHER SECONDARY COLLEGES IN AURANGABAD CITY

Mr. Prashant Kumar S Hiremath, Ms. Swati Shejul, Ms. Bharati Sargaiyye, Mr. Sagar Tambe, Mr. Pradip Shikare, Mr. Rahul Ingle

Abstract :

Background: Road Traffic Accidents are the leading cause of unnatural deaths in the world and a major burden on the world`s economy. Better road safety measures and awareness campaign such as sensitization program will help to reduce morbidity, mortality, disability and economic impact of road traffic accidents. The study was aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of sensitizing program and to associate selected demographic variables of adolescents with the knowledge, on prevention of road traffic accidents. Methodology: Pre-experimental research study with pre and post-test group. A structured knowledge questionnaire used to obtain data from 60 adolescents samples. Result: The post test findings shows that the calculated mean was 25.20 compared with pretest mean i.e. 18.22. The calculated paired t test value [t(59,0.05)=10.84 >2.00] is higher than the table value, which shows that the sensitizing program was very effective. The association between the level of knowledge and demographic variables were assessed by chi-square test and which shows there is no significant association between post test knowledge score and demographic variables.