A Study to Assess the Effectiveness of the Structure Teaching Programme on Knowledge regarding Prevention of Vector Borne Disease among Adolescents of selected Village in Mehsana District Mr. Patidar Kaushal1,*, Ms. Bhagora Rashmi2, Ms. Chaudhary Mamta2 1HOD of Medical Surgical Department, Joitiba College of Nursing, Bhandu, Dist: Mehsana 24th year B. Sc. Nursing student, Joitiba college of Nursing, Bhandu, Dist: Mehsana *Corresponding Author E-mail: kaush776@gmail.com
Online published on 24 May, 2018. Abstract Background Vector-borne disease are infection transmitted by the bite of infected arthropod species, such as mosquitoes, ticks, triatominebugs, sandflies, and blackflies. Aims and Objective To assess the pretest knowledge regarding prevention of vector borne disease among adolescents of selected village in Mehsana district. To evaluate the effectiveness structure teaching programme on knowledge regarding prevention of vector borne disease among adolescents of selected village in Mehsana district. To find out association between pretest knowledge and selected demographic variables. Methods The data were collected from 60 Adolescents by ‘Non-Probability Convenient” sampling technique with the use structured questionnaire and one group pretest posttest design was used. Results In this study overall the highest percentage in the demographic data including the Age group (13-14y) 46.67%, Gender 58.33% (Male), Religion 98.33%(Hindu), Type of family 51.67% (Nuclear), Housing facility 91.67% (Pakka house), Education 100%(Secondary), Monthly income 45% (<10, 000). The post-test knowledge mean score (17.62±4.00) was higher than the mean pre-test knowledge score (13.77±2.97). Hence it can be inferred that the structured teaching programme was effective in increasing the knowledge of adolescents regarding vector borne disease. There was highly significant difference found between pretest and posttest knowledge scores and there was no significant association found between pretest knowledge knowledge scores with demographic variable. Conclusion Structured teaching programme found to be effective in improving the knowledge of adolescents regarding prevention of vector borne disease. Top Keywords Knowledge, Assess, Effectiveness, Adolescent, vector borne disease, Prevention and structured teaching programme. Top |