A Study to Assess Effectiveness of Structured Teaching Programme on Knowledge Regarding First Aid among Drivers in Selected City

Objectives: 1.To assess the existing knowledge of drivers regarding first aid. 2. To evaluate the effectiveness of structured teaching program on knowledge regarding first aid among drivers. 3. To find out the association between pre- test knowledge score with selected demographic variables. Methods: The research design selected for the study was a quasi- experimental design. The setting was selected school/college of selected city. The sample includes drivers; sample was selected using simple probability random sampling. The Structured knowledge questionnaire was used to collect data from samples. Result: Analysis of the pre- test knowledge scores of drivers revealed that in the pre- test out of 30 drivers majority of 26 (86.66 %) drivers had poor knowledge, 4 (13.33 %) had average knowledge and 0 (0 %) had good knowledge regarding of first aid. The analysis of the post - test knowledge scores of drivers revealed that in the post- test out of 30 drivers majority of 23 (76.66 %) drivers had average knowledge, 7 (23.33 %) had Good and 0 (00 %) had poor knowledge regarding First aid. Interpretation and conclusion: The findings of the present study showed that, the post-test knowledge score was higher than the pre-test knowledge score range. The hypothesis are proved and accepted.