ABSTRACT:
A study to assess the effectiveness of structured teaching programme on causes and prevention of cervical cancer among adolescent girls in selected junior colleges at Bangalore. The objectives of the study were (a) To assess the pre- test knowledge on cervical cancer among adolescent girls (b) To develop and implement structured teaching programme on cervical cancer among adolescent girls (c) To determine effectiveness of structured teaching programme through post test knowledge scores (d) To associate the demographic variables with pre- test knowledge on cervical cancer among adolescent girls (e) To associate the demographic variables with post- test knowledge on cervical cancer among adolescent girls. The research approach selected for the study was Evaluative research approach and Non experimental research design. The study was conducted at Vijaya pre university college at Bangalore. The findings of the study revealed that there was a marked increase in knowledge of adolescent girls after exposing them to structured teaching programme on cervical cancer. The mean pre-test knowledge score of subjects was 11.18 with mean percentage of 64.53, whereas mean post-test knowledge score of subjects was 19.9 with mean percentage of 82.91. The mean post-test knowledge score was found to be significantly higher than mean pre-test knowledge score at 0.05 level of significance (t49 = 24.916, P<0.01).
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B. Archana. A Study to assess the effectiveness of Structured Teaching Programme on Causes and Prevention of Cervical Cancer among Adolescent Girls in selected Junior Colleges at Bangalore. Int. J. Nur. Edu. and Research. 2019; 7(4): 545-546. doi: 10.5958/2454-2660.2019.00120.0
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B. Archana. A Study to assess the effectiveness of Structured Teaching Programme on Causes and Prevention of Cervical Cancer among Adolescent Girls in selected Junior Colleges at Bangalore. Int. J. Nur. Edu. and Research. 2019; 7(4): 545-546. doi: 10.5958/2454-2660.2019.00120.0 Available on: https://ijneronline.com/AbstractView.aspx?PID=2019-7-4-20