Effectiveness of development in Core team Province level to Solving the Accident Problem with child and adolescent in very high-risk district, Surin Province.

Abstract

     This quasi-experimental research aimed to assess the effectiveness of development in core team province level to solving the accident problem with child and adolescent in very high-risk district, Surin province. The samples were 328 persons from secondary 1-6 students who drive motorcycles to school in the areas of Mueang Surin, Prasat and Sangkha districts, Selected through inclusion and exclusion criteria. The study was conducted over a period of 12 weeks. The tools used to collect the data were questionnaires. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and compare means of different Self-efficacy for accidents, outcome expectancy for prevention of injury and death from road accidents and practice to survive danger on the road before and after the program by inferential statistics using Paired t-test at the 0.05 level.
     The results showed that the majority were female (58.8%). were age between 13-18 years old, average age were 16.02 (S.D. = 1.509). Able to drive a motorcycle at age 12 years (30.8%), the youngest is 7 years old and the oldest is 18 years old. The majority learn to drive a motorcycle with your parents (54.9%) follower by practice by yourself (21.0%) and training from siblings (17.7%), respectively. Parents give permission to drive motorcycles to school at junior high school (58.5%). The majority were not having a driver's license (80.2%). Ever had an accident (51.5%), minor injuries were not treated at the hospital (75.5%). After the program, the sample group had significantly higher mean scores of self-efficacy for accidents, outcome expectancy for prevention of injury and death from road accidents and practice to survive danger on the road (p<0.05).