A study to assess the effectiveness of planned teaching programme on knowledge regarding menstrual hygiene among adolescent girls in selected School at Rajkot Ms. Abisha Mabal*, Ms. Mital Jagatiya, Ms. Krupali Sonagra, Ms. Anand Bhatt, Ms. Naman Vyas, Ms. Jayendra Sondarva, Ms. Bagda Sudhir, Ms. Deshmukh Karmur, Ms. Shreyansh Pataliya Shri Anand Institute of Nursing, Jamnagar Road, Rajkot, Gujarat - 360006 *Corresponding Author Email: mabalabisha3012@gmail.com
Online published on 27 April, 2021. Abstract A study to assess the effectiveness of planned teaching programme on knowledge regarding menstrual hygiene among adolescent girls in selected school at Rajkot. The objectives of the study were (a) to assess the level of knowledge regarding menstrual hygiene among adolescent girls in selected school at Rajkot. (b) To assess the effectiveness of plan teaching programme on knowledge regarding menstrual hygiene among adolescent girls in selected school at Rajkot. (c) To find out association between level of post-test knowledge regarding menstrual hygiene among adolescent girls with their selected socio-demographic variables. Pre- experimental research design, one group pre-test and post-test research design was adopted for this study. The present study was conducted in selected school, at Rajkot Gujarat. The sample of the study comprised of 40 adolescent age group girls between 13 to15 years which are selected by non-probability sampling technique. The researcher used self-administered structured questionnaire for data collection. The findings of the study revealed that, the mean pre-test score is 8.85 and the mean post test score is 13.75. The mean difference between the pre-test and post test score is 4.9. ‘t’ test was 9.72 and the value was 2.023 and this value is significant. The study shows that the calculated chi square value is age, religion. For the other demographic variables such as previous knowledge, family history are you staying in hostel etc. The level of knowledge on menstrual hygiene was significantly associated with family type, hostel stay, language known, previous knowledge on menstrual hygiene and source of information of adolescent girls. Top Keywords Menstrual hygiene, Adolescent girls, Knowledge. Top |