A STUDY TO ASSESS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF STRUCTURED TEACHING PROGRAMME (STP) ON KNOWLEDGE OF TELEMEDICINE AMONG RURAL POPULATION IN KARAD TALUKA

Mr.  Avinash Shinde; Prof. Mr. Avinash H.  Salunkhe; DR. Prof. Mrs. Vaishali .R. Mohite; Mr .N. R. Kakade; Mrs. A.V.Katti

Volume : VII, Issue : IX, September - 2017

A STUDY TO ASSESS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF STRUCTURED TEACHING PROGRAMME (STP) ON KNOWLEDGE OF TELEMEDICINE AMONG RURAL POPULATION IN KARAD TALUKA

Mr. Avinash Shinde, Prof. Mr. Avinash H. Salunkhe, Dr. Prof. Mrs. Vaishali . R. Mohite, Mr . N. R. Kakade, Mrs. A. V. Katti

Abstract :

Aims & Objectives: To improve the knowledge regarding telemedicine among rural population. To assess the knowledge on Telemedicine among rural population. To assess the effectiveness of structured teaching programme on telemedicine among the rural population. To find out association between selected socio demographic variables such as age, gender, education, occupation, religion, and place of living. Material and Methods Used for the study is evaluative approach with pre and post test control group design. Study was conducted on 100 subjects from Kole, Karad by using Simple Random Sampling Technique with randomly allocation of groups. It was observed that overall Mean Knowledge regarding Telemedicine among the subjects was (52%) had good knowledge and (15%) had excellent knowledge. It was evident that maximum number of subjects had good knowledge regarding Telemedicine. Calculated chi–squared test value shows there is association between the socio demographic variables of subject and level of knowledge regarding Telemedicine among people residing rural area of Karad at p<0.05 level of significance. Conclusion: The STP was useful to the subjects to increase knowledge regarding Telemedicine.