Original Research Article
Year: 2019 | Month: February | Volume: 6 | Issue: 2 | Pages: 254-258
Effectiveness of Structured Teaching Programme on Knowledge Regarding the First Aid Home Management of Selected Emergencies among Students of Selected Technical College Calicut District, Kerala
Aswathy Joshy1, Athulya K1, Bhagya Sushanth Babu1, Mr. Abidfaheem T.K2, Dr. Assuma Beevi TM3
1B.Sc. Nursing student, MIMS College of Nursing, Malappuram, Kerala, 673633
2Assistant Professor, MIMS College of Nursing, Malappuram, Kerala, 673633
3Principal, MIMS College of Nursing, Malappuram, Kerala, 673633
Corresponding Author: Mr. Abidfaheem T.K
ABSTRACT
The present study was aimed to assess the effectiveness of structured teaching programme on knowledge regarding the first aid home management of selected emergencies. The objectives of the study were toassess the pretest knowledge on first aid home management of selected emergencies, to find the effectiveness of structured teaching programme on the first aid home management of selected emergencies and to find the association between pretest knowledge and selected demographic variables. The conceptual frame work was developed from the health promotion Model of Nola J Pender. A quantitative approach with one group pretest posttest pre experimental research design was used. The study was conducted at ATI Government College Calicut. The subjects who met the inclusion criteria were selected using convenient sampling technique. The mean pre-test score was11.46and post test score was with 16.30 The mean difference of pretest and post test was 4.9 which showed the effectiveness of structured teaching programme. The paired “t” test showed that ‘t’ value was 13.37 with p value less than 0.0001 which is significant at 0.05 level of significance. Thus structured teaching programme was effective among technical college students in improving knowledge regarding the first aid home management of selected emergencies. Chi-square test showed that there is no significant association between knowledge score and selected demographic variables (age, religion, type of family, gender, education of father, occupation of father, education of mother, occupation of mother).
Key words: Effectiveness, structured teaching programme, first aid.
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