Introduction: Children spend most of the time in school where they are exposed to various types of minor injuries, which infl uence their present and future state of health. First aid is the treatment of any injury or illness before availability of professional medical aid. Teacher is the key person who can attend the children for minor injuries in school through complete knowledge regarding fi rst aid management. This study was done among primary school teachers to evaluate the effectiveness of teaching program on knowledge and practice regarding fi rst aid management of selected minor injuries in children. Materials and Methods: A Quasi-experimental study with one group pre-and post-test research design was conducted among the primary school teachers of Dehradun district of Uttarakhand. Fifty primary school teachers were selected by nonprobability convenient sampling. Data were collected by knowledge questionnaire (maximum possible score 42) and self-reporting checklist (maximum possible score 23). Result: Majority (94%) of the teachers were female. Paired sample t-test revealed that the mean posttest knowledge score regarding fi rst aid management of selected minor injuries was signifi cantly higher (34.76 ± 4.35) than that of mean pretest knowledge score (27.32 ± 5.73) (P < 0.005); mean posttest practice score was signifi cantly higher (18.52 ± 2.63) then mean pretest practice score (14.52 ± 2.39) (P < 0.005). There was a signifi cant positive correlation between knowledge score and practice score of participants (r = 0.9; P < 0.001). Conclusion: This concludes that the training program was effective in signifi cant improvement of knowledge and practice score regarding fi rst aid management of selected minor injuries among study participants. Findings stress the need for such training programs, which in turn may enhance the overall health standard of the children.Key words: Educational package of fi rst aid, fi rst aid management, knowledge and practices of teachers, primary school teachers, selected minor injuries
Original ArticleDuring my clinical experience posting in the community, I have treated many school children for minor injuries in our health center and during the visit to many primary schools for health checkup.
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Introduction: School children are emerging as creative persons who are preparing for their future role in society. It's the time of new achievement and craze of new experiences in their life. So the parents must understand the normal behavior of the child. Each Child needs and preferences should be respected by their parents. Children spend much time in school as well as at home, therefore teachers and parents are responsible to detect any child which is deviated from the normal behavior and needs concern. Objectives: The objectives of the study were to evaluate the effectiveness of structured teaching programme on knowledge regarding IMBP in primary school children among teachers and to find out the association between the knowledge score of primary school teachers and selected demographic variable. Methodology and results: Quasi experimental one group pre-test post-test design was conducted in selected primary schools of Doiwala, Uttarakhand. The study was confined to sixty six primary school teachers who fulfilled inclusion criteria. Pre-test was taken with the help of structured knowledge questionnaire and administered STP on IMBP using posters, PPT and charts. Post test was conducted after 7 days of intervention using same questionnaire. The study shows that in pre test mean knowledge score was 23.9 and in post test it was 38.51 and 't' calculated value is 27.58 which is more than the tabulated value of 2.00 at 0.05 level of significance. Conclusion: The findings of the study revealed that there was significant gain in knowledge score of primary school teachers after STP. So the study concluded that structured teaching programme had a great potential for accelerating the awareness regarding behavioural problems.
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