Assess the Knowledge and Attitude Regarding Road Traffic Accident Among School Children in Selected School, Landhri (Hisar)

Abstract

Road Traffic Accident was defined as accident, which took place on the road between two or more objects, one of which must be any kind of a moving vehicle. The major causes for RTAs in our country are rapid increase in personalized modes of transport, a mixture of slow and fast moving vehicles, lack of road discipline, and use of mobile phones while driving Since most of these causes are preventable, in order to create awareness, For the purpose of the study, A pre-tested Performa specially designed for this purpose was WHO’s theme for 2004 was ‘‘road safety is no accident”. Nearly 90 percent of road traffic accidents involving the school children in 2008 happened while they were riding a bicycle, a study has shown. Bicycle accidents accounted for about 70 percent of all traffic accidents involving the school children during the same period, while the figure was around 60 percent for elementary school children. The number of accidents while riding bikes was extremely high among the school children, while it accounted for only 20 percent of all the traffic accidents that took place in Japan in 2008. Road traffic accidents are the leading cause of death among the school children, according to a new report published by WHO. The report says that nearly 400,000 children under the age of 20 are killed in road traffic crashes every year. The majority of road traffic injuries are primarily caused by the specific risk factors of not wearing a helmet. To reduce these injuries, significant education and children awareness campaigns have been organized by many road safety stakeholders in the country. A study was conducted on conveniently selected 100 school children in selected school, Landhri, Hisar. The research tool consisted of following parts: Part 1: sociodemographic profile sheet, Part 2: structured knowledge questionnaire: It consists of items regarding knowledge of children on prevention of road traffic accident.
Part 3: Observational likert scale was used to assess the attitude interpretation with 10 Yes/No
Level of attitude in school children is inadequate. That is 45% regarding road traffic accidents, 53.0% of children have moderate attitude and 02% children have the adequate attitude regarding road traffic accidents.
In the aspect wise analysis of school children, the maximum mean attitude score obtained is found in the aspect of road traffic accidents (25.00) with standard deviation as 2.920, the minimum mean attitude score (17.95) was found in the aspect of road traffic accidents with standard deviation as (1.177).