Empowering Adolescent Boys - Peer Education and Road Safety in Rural Maharashtra.

IF 0.7 4区医学 Q4 PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH

Indian journal of public health Pub Date : 2025-04-01 Epub Date: 2025-06-30 DOI:10.4103/ijph.ijph_250_24

Shwetangi Ravindra Shinde, Sagar Arvind Padhye, Nived G Sudarson, Sujata R Lavangare, Vijaykumar S Singh

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Abstract

Road accidents are a leading cause of death, morbidity, and economic burden among young individuals. This study aims to evaluate how effective a peer education program is in improving road safety knowledge, attitudes and practices among adolescent boys aged 16-19 from two villages. In Village "A," 110 boys completed a baseline survey, and 10 were chosen as peer educators to provide the intervention. Village "B" served as the control group, receiving traditional road safety education. After 6 months, all participants took a post-test survey. The intervention group showed a significant increase in road safety knowledge compared to the control group (P < 0.0001), but there was no significant difference in attitudes (P = 0.34) or practices (P = 0.72). The study indicates that peer education can effectively enhance road safety knowledge, but further research is needed to see if it leads to lasting behavioural changes.

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赋予青春期男孩权力——马哈拉施特拉邦农村的同伴教育和道路安全。

道路交通事故是造成年轻人死亡、发病和经济负担的主要原因。本研究旨在评估同伴教育项目在改善来自两个村庄的16-19岁青春期男孩的道路安全知识、态度和做法方面的效果。在A村，110名男孩完成了基线调查，其中10名被选为同伴教育者提供干预。B村作为对照组，接受传统道路安全教育。6个月后，所有参与者都进行了测试后调查。干预组在道路安全知识方面明显高于对照组（P < 0.0001），但态度（P = 0.34）和行为（P = 0.72）差异无统计学意义。这项研究表明同伴教育可以有效地提高道路安全知识，但需要进一步的研究来确定它是否会导致持久的行为改变。

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Indian journal of public health PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH-

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2.40

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0.00%

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审稿时长

21 weeks

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