EFFECT OF STRUCTURED TEACHING PROGRAMME ON KNOWLEDGE OF MOTHERS REGARDING MALE CHILD ABUSE

Mrs Aswathy V; Prof Mrs. Saramma N B

Volume : VIII, Issue : IX, September - 2019

EFFECT OF STRUCTURED TEACHING PROGRAMME ON KNOWLEDGE OF MOTHERS REGARDING MALE CHILD ABUSE

Mrs Aswathy V, Prof Mrs. Saramma N B

Abstract :

The mother is the first teacher of a child. The message she gives that child, that child gives to the world. The present study was intended to assess the effect of structured teaching programme on knowledge of mothers regarding male child abuse. The objectives of this study were, assess the knowledge of mothers regarding male child abuse, determine the effect of structured teaching programme on knowledge of mothers regarding male child abuse, and to find out the association between level of knowledge of mothers regarding male child abuse and selected socio demographic variables. The research design adopted for the study was Quantitative Quasi experimental research approach with one group pre- test post- test design. The samples were selected using convenience sampling technique. Eighty mothers of male children from selected wards Kilimanoor Panchayath were taken for the study. Their knowledge level was assessed using knowledge questionnaire. The data analysis revealed that 71.2% of the samples had poor knowledge, 28.8% had average knowledge and none had good knowledge regarding male child abuse. The analysis revealed that the mean knowledge scores of mothers before the intervention was 28.2 and mean knowledge score was increased to 83.2 after structured teaching programme. It was statistically significant at 0.001 level. It concluded that the Structured Teaching Programme was effective in improving the level of knowledge of mothers regarding male child abuse and it was found that there is significant association between knowledge and education of mother, education of their spouse, occupation of mother and number of children.