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International Journal of Advance Research in Nursing
2018, Vol. 1, Issue 2, Part A
Impact of an educational program on knowledge and practice for deaf children about protection from car accidents

Laith Mahmoud Alosoufe, Hekmat Ebrahim Abd EL-Kareem and Asmaa Abed Al_ Aziez Mohamed

Background: Hearing impairment is a general term indicating the presence of disability that may range in severity from slight to profound hearing loss.
Aim: to determine the impact of an educational program on knowledge and practice for deaf children about protection from car accidents.
Design: Quasi - experimental research design was used in this study.
Subjects: The study sample composed of 69 school age and adolescent deaf children.
Setting: The study was conducted at The Holy Land Institute for the Deaf, Jordan - Salt governorate.
Tools: Data were collected by utilizing the designed interview Questionnaire that consists of sociodemographic data, deaf children knowledge and practice about protection from car accident, theoretical and practical educational program.
Results: highly significant difference between pre and post - test on studied deaf children knowledge and practice, deaf children have more satisfactory after applied educational program on both knowledge and practice.
Conclusions: an educational program had a great effect on deaf children knowledge and practice about protection from car accident.
Recommendations: were suggested that ongoing in-service educational program for deaf children at other places to improve knowledge and practice.
Pages : 37-45 | 1874 Views | 949 Downloads
How to cite this article:
Laith Mahmoud Alosoufe, Hekmat Ebrahim Abd EL-Kareem, Asmaa Abed Al_ Aziez Mohamed. Impact of an educational program on knowledge and practice for deaf children about protection from car accidents. Int J Adv Res Nurs 2018;1(2):37-45. DOI: 10.33545/nursing.2018.v1.i2a.19
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