Abstract
Title
EFFECTIVENESS STRUCTURE TEACHING PROGRAMME ON
KNOWLEDGE REGARDING FIRST AID EMERGENCY AMONG
PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS IN SELECTED SCHOOLS,
BANGALORE
Author
Dr. Tejeshwari B.V1*, Renukamma RN
Email
Tejeshwari@gmail.com
keyword
Effectiveness,
Knowledge, STP, First
Aid Emergency and
Primary School
Teacher
Abstract
First aid is the Medical treatment given to a person with an injury or sudden
illness prior to the arrival of professional medical help, The primary goal of first aid is to
lesson suffering faster healing and process and minimize damage. The first aid action you
will take after an emergency is very curriculum it decide the future course of the injury and
it is complication rate. Proper application of First Aid can bridge the graph between long
term disability rapid recovery and permanent injury. Students at schools may need first aid
due to illness or accident therefore, Teachers at school should know first aid majors and be
able to put them in to Practice, The aim of this study is to asses awareness regarding fist aid
training among Primary School Teachers. Objectives: - 1. To assess the pre – test
knowledge regarding first aid emergency among Primary School Teachers at selected
Schools in Bangalore. 2. To assess the post- test knowledge regarding first aid emergency
among Primary School Teachers at selected Schools, in Bangalore 3. To evaluate the
effectiveness of Structure teaching programs a knowledge regarding fist aid emergency
among Primary School. Teachers in selected school Bangalore. 4. To associate the post –
test knowledge regarding first aid emergency among Primary School, Teachers at selected
demographic variable. Design: - Evaluative research approach was used for the study. Sixty
primary schools teachers were recruited by non-probability purposive sampling method.
Necessary administrative permission was obtained from concerned authority. Written
informed consent was obtained from all subjects. Then the investigator collected the data
pertaining to the demographic variables by using structured interview schedule. Ethical
clearance was obtained from Institutional ethical committee. Content validity of the tool
was established by split of method. The obtained score was 0.87 & it was found to reliable.
Setting: - The study was conducted in selected primary schools, Bangalore, Karnataka.
Result: - The findings of the study was revealed that the mean score of knowledge regarding
first aid emergency among primary school teachers was 10.06 in pre-test and 18.86 in posttest out of maximum score of 40, which proved that structured teaching programme was
effective in increasing the knowledge level of primary school teachers regarding first aid
emergency. The paired‘t’ test found be statistically significance at 0.05 levels. Conclusion:
- The present study attempted to assess the effectiveness of structured teaching programme
on knowledge of primary school teachers regarding first aid emergency and it was found
that the structured teaching programme was effective in improving the knowledge of primary school teachers
