Impact of an educational program on knowledge and practice for deaf children about protection from car accidents

Abstract

Background: Hearing impairment is a general term indicating the presence of disability that may range in severity from slight to profound hearing loss. Aim: to determine the impact of an educational program on knowledge and practice for deaf children about protection from car accidents. Design: Quasi - experimental research design was used in this study. Subjects: The study sample composed of 69 school age and adolescent deaf children. Setting: The study was conducted at The Holy Land Institute for the Deaf, Jordan - Salt governorate. Tools: Data were collected by utilizing the designed interview Questionnaire that consists of sociodemographic data, deaf children knowledge and practice about protection from car accident, theoretical and practical educational program. Results: highly significant difference between pre and post - test on studied deaf children knowledge and practice, deaf children have more satisfactory after applied educational program on both knowledge and practice. Conclusions: an educational program had a great effect on deaf children knowledge and practice about protection from car accident. Recommendations: were suggested that ongoing in-service educational program for deaf children at other places to improve knowledge and practice.