A Study to assess the effectiveness of Structured Teaching Programme on selected Health Problems in Terms of Knowledge and Knowledge on Practice among Orphan Children in a Selected Morphanage Home at Rajkot

 

Shobana Mercy S

Lecturer, Child Health Nursing Department, Shri Anand Institute of Nursing, Opp. Ghanteswar Park,

Jamnagar Road, Rajkot, Gujarat-360006

 

ABSTRACT:

Orphanage is the name to describe a residential institution devoted to the care and education of orphans – children whose parents are deceased or otherwise unable to care for them. Parents, and sometimes grandparents, are legally responsible for supporting children, but in the absence of these or other relatives willing to care for the children, they become a ward of the state and orphanages are a way of providing for their care, housing and schooling. Orphanage lifestyle is very different from normal lifestyle. The wear and tear over many years without proper maintenance is very evident. Funding is not available even for smallest repairs. Proper heat, hot water & electricity are often sporadically available during the harsh winter months.

 

 

INTRODUCTION:

The main health problem encountered in the child population comprise are Head lice Infestation, Scabies, Typhoid Fever, Worm Infestation, Iron Deficiency Anemia And Hepatitis A¹. A good knowledge and practice of personal hygiene and appropriate sanitation measures, provision of clean drinking water, food hygiene and education are essential pre-requisites for the control of most common infections and to improve the nutrition status of child.²

 

UNICEF (2008) stated that an orphan is a child who has lost one or both parents.

 

 

The official estimate is 145 million estimated orphans worldwide, approximately 15 million are double orphans, 92 million that have a surviving mother and another 38 million have a surviving father.^3,4

 

OBJECTIVES:

1.     To assess the pre-test Knowledge and Knowledge on Practice scores regarding selected health problems among orphan children.

2.     To evaluate the effectiveness of Structured Teaching Programme on Selected Health Problems in terms of Knowledge and Knowledge on Practice among Orphan Children.

3.     To find association between pre-test Knowledge regarding selected health problems among orphan children with their selected demographic variables.

4.     To Correlate post-test Knowledge and Knowledge on Practice regarding selected health problems among orphan children.

 

 

HYPOTHESES:

H₁-The mean post-test Knowledge and Knowledge on Practice will be significantly higher than the mean pre-test scores regarding selected health problems.

 

H_2-There will be significant association between the Pre-test Knowledge with their selected Demographic variables.

 

H_3-There will be significant Correlation between post-test Knowledge and Knowledge on Practice regarding selected health problems

 

METHODOLOGY:

RESEARCH APPROACH:

The evaluative approach is used

 

RESEARCH DESIGN:

The design for the study is Pre-experimental one group pre-test and post-test design.

 

POPULATION:

The target population of the study are orphan children in selected orphanage homes at Rajkot.

 

SAMPLE:

The samples of the study are orphan children within the age group of 12-15 years

 

SAMPLE SIZE:

The samples selected for the study consists of 40 orphan children.

 

SAMPLING TECHNIQUE:

The method of sampling is non-probability convenience sampling.

 

THE MAJOR FINDINGS ARE SUMMARIZED AS FOLLOWS:

·         Higher percentage (47.5%) of orphan children was in the age of 13 years

·         Highest percentage (82.5%) of orphan children were boys

·         Majority of orphan children (50%) were studied 7th Std.

·         Highest percentage (80%) of orphan children had previous health problem

·         Most of the orphan children (62.5%) were stayed in orphanage home for more than one year  

·         During the pretest most of the orphan children (70%) had inadequate knowledge and 30% of children had moderately adequate knowledge, as in posttest most of the children (72.5%) had adequate knowledge and 27.5% of children had moderately adequate knowledge.

·         During the pretest most of the orphan children (70%) had inadequate knowledge on practice and 30% of children had moderately adequate knowledge on practice, as in posttest most of the children (65%) had adequate and (35%) had moderately adequate knowledge on practice.

·         Highly significant difference was found between pretest and posttest knowledge and knowledge on practice scores (P<0.001).

·          It was found that there was a significant association between post knowledge score of orphan children with their sex.

·         It shows that there is significant positive correlation between knowledge and knowledge on practice regarding selected health problems among orphan children.

 

CONCLUSION:

It is evident that the structured teaching programme has motivated the children and helped them to acquire knowledge and knowledge on practice about selected health problems which promotes safe practice of the children and ensure children’s well- being.

 

REFERENCES:

1.        Anantha Krishnan S and Das PK Integrated programme for control of geohelminths A perspective Natl Med J India 2014;148-53

2.        Murray Thomas et.al. (2009) Epidemology and management of infectious disese in international adoptees Clin Microbial Rev, Volume 18, Issue 3 2005; 510-520

3.        Modaressi M et al The prevalence of head lice Infestation among primary school children in Iran, Iran J Infect-Dis Trop Med 2009;41-45

4.        Orphan-Orphanage Wikipedia (online). Available from: http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/orphan

 

 

 

Received on 14.11.2018          Modified on 03.12.2018

Accepted on 30.12.2018     © A&V Publications all right reserved