A STUDY TO EVALUATE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF PLANNED TEACHING PROGRAMME (PTP) IN TERMS OF KNOWLEDGE REGARDING PREVENTION AND MANAGEMENT OF IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA AMONG ADOLESCENT GIRLS OF SELECTED ENGLISH MEDIUM SCHOOLS OF GANDHINAGAR, GUJARAT

Abstract

The study is conducted with the main objective of “assessing the knowledge gained regarding Prevention and Management of Iron Deficiency Anemia among adolescent girls before and after the administration of planned teaching programme. An extensive literature search keeping in mind the main objective, suggested a Conceptual framework based on a system model, a guide for development,utilization and evaluation. The research approach adopted for the study was Pre-Experimental with one group pretest and post-test design. The Planned teaching Programme was developed for enhancing the knowledge regarding Prevention and management of iron deficiency anemia under expert guidance of Vice Principal, Associate Professor and Assistant Professor of C. M. Patel College of Nursing, Gandhinagar. The Planned Teaching Programme was developed. The study comprised of total 60 samples from Selected English medium schools of Gandhinagar, Gujarat through purposive non probability sampling (purposive technique) technique. There was significant association with pre-test knowledge scores and selected demographic variables such as Type of Family and sources of information. Therefore education and sources of information were significant with knowledge of samples. The range of score in pre test was 6-20 and post-test was 17-26 out of 26. Thus, findings of the study reveals that, The mean pre-test knowledge score of samples on Prevention and Management of Iron Deficiency Anemia was 14.22 where as post-test knowledge score was 22.98. thus, mean post test knowledge score was significantly higher than the mean pre test knowledge score with the mean difference of 7.78. It revealed that the Planned Teaching Programme was effective in increasing knowledge among the Adolescent girls. The study concludes that among all participants Knowledge deficit existed in all area of Prevention and Management of Iron Deficiency Anemia. The findings indicated that Planned Teaching Programme prepared by the Investigator was effective in enhancing the knowledge of the samples towards Prevention and Management of Iron Deficiency Anemia.