EFFECTS OF MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT PREVENTION PROGRAM AMONG HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN A SCHOOL PATHUMRAT DISTRICT ROI ET PROVINCE

Abstract

                 Traffic accident causing enormous losses, property, money and lives, the world’s population died a lot. Each year, approximately 1.35 million people and approximately 50 million people are injured from motorcycle accidents are the leading cause of death 23% and most of them are youth. However, the way to reduce this problem by adjusting safe driving behaviors. This research is a quasi-experimental research. (Quasi-experimental research) with objectives To study the effect of the program to promote the behavior of motorcycle accident prevention among high school students. The sample group consisted of 68 people, divided into 34 schools in the experimental group and 34 in the comparative school group. By applying the concept of health literacy, the activities consisted of simulations. And let the students make decisions about preventing motorcycle accidents Planning to drive a motorcycle to prevent motorcycle accidents. Processing time 10 weeks. Data were collected using a general data analysis questionnaire using descriptive statistics. Comparison of mean difference of scores within groups was analyzed by using Paired Sample t-test statistic and between groups using Independent Sample t-test statistics. 95% confidence level was determined (p<0.05).

The results showed that Knowledge of motorcycle accident prevention, access to information on motorcycle accident risk factors, knowledge of the risk factors and hazards of motorcycle accidents. Motorcycle accident, risk assessment decision-making skills to prevent motorcycle accidents and their behavior in preventing motorcycle accidents was significantly higher than before the experiment and higher than the comparison group (p-value < 0.001).