A STUDY TO ASSESS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF PLANNED TEACHING PROGRAMME ON KNOWLEDGE REGARDING PREVENTION OF ANEMIA AMONG MENSTRUATING ADOLESCENCE GIRLS IN SELECTED HIGH SCHOOLS AT KARAD

Mrs. Ujwala Chopade; Sunita Tata; Mrs. Vaishali R Mohite; Mrs. Jyoti A Salunkhe; Mr. Prabhuswami Hiremath; Mrs. Anagha Katti

Volume : VI, Issue : IX, September - 2016

A STUDY TO ASSESS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF PLANNED TEACHING PROGRAMME ON KNOWLEDGE REGARDING PREVENTION OF ANEMIA AMONG MENSTRUATING ADOLESCENCE GIRLS IN SELECTED HIGH SCHOOLS AT KARAD

Mrs. Ujwala Chopade, Sunita Tata, Mrs. Vaishali R Mohite, Mrs. Jyoti A Salunkhe, Mr. Prabhuswami Hiremath, Mrs. Anagha Katti

Abstract :

Background– World interest in adolescent health issues has grown dramatically in the post decade beginning with the international year of youth in 1985 and the World Health Assembly in 1989, when discussion were focused on the health of youth. The prevalence of anemia is disproportionately high in developing countries due to poverty, inadequate diet, certain diseases, pregnancy / lactation and poor access to health services. MethodsThe study was conducted on 100 menstruating adolescence girls of Mahatma Gandhi Vidyalaya Kale, Karad. The simple random sampling technique was used to select the samples. The instrument used for data collection was a structured knowledge questionnaire and data were collected by self reporting method. The obtained data was tabulated and analyzed in terms of objective of the study, using descriptive and inferential statistics. Results – The major findings of the study were: The data on sample characteristics revealed that, majority of the subjects, 44 (44%) who participated in the study were 15 years old of age, 52 (52%) were from nuclear family background, 70 (70%) mothers education level was also secondary , majority of the mother 83 (83%) were house wife, 55 (55%) were between Rs. 5000–15000 monthly income of family, 84 (84%) takes mixed type of diet. Paired ‘t’ test value revealed that there was significant gain in knowledge score of menstruating adolescence girls after administering planned teaching program at 0.05 level of significance. Conclusion– The study concluded that a planned teaching program on prevention of anemia administered to the menstruating adolescence girls of Mahatma Gandhi Vidyalaya Kale, Karad, was effective by increasing the knowledge of subject under study