A study to assess the effectiveness of structured teaching program on knowledge regarding road safety rules and regulation among adolescents in selected school, Distt. Kangra, Himachal Pradesh
Road safety is a crucial aspect of public health and well -being particularly among the adolescents who are vulnerable to road accidents. Adolescent’s tents to take risks such as speeding not wearing helmets or crossing roads carefully. Use of mobile phones, earphones and social media while walking or cylindrical leads to accidents. Young drivers, especially those without proper training are more prone for making errors. Friends may encourage risky behavior like over speeding or riding triple on the two wheelers. Methods: Pre-experimental one group pre-test and post-test design was used in the study. Total 60 students were selected in the study by using non-probability convenient sampling technique. The data was collected by self-structured questionnaire tool for the evaluation of knowledge level regarding road safety rules and regulation. Result: The result showed that the Pre-test score is 60.8% and post-test score is 71.6% respectively and mean difference of which is highly significant at p value <0.05 which means the knowledge level of road safety rules and regulation was improved after implementation of structured teaching program. The findings of this study revealed that in pre-test, 3.3% having inadequate knowledge and 66.7% students having moderate knowledge and 30% having adequate knowledge regarding road safety rules and regulation. After teaching, 0% having inadequate knowledge, 36.7% having moderate knowledge, 63.3% students having adequate knowledge regarding road safety rules and regulation.
Conclusion: The study revealed that there was significant improvement in post-test knowledge which showed the effectiveness of structured teaching program. The improved knowledge among students will help to reduce the mortality rate and easy to prevent road accidents.
Kajal, Anchal Rana, Anjali Sehgal, Anshika Dhiman, Ashcharya Rana, Ashima Chaudhary, Diksha, Dimple Kumari, Deepika. A study to assess the effectiveness of structured teaching program on knowledge regarding road safety rules and regulation among adolescents in selected school, Distt. Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. Int J Adv Res Nurs 2025;8(2):1052-1057. DOI: 10.33545/nursing.2025.v8.i2.J.611