A study to evaluate the effectiveness of structured teaching programme on knowledge regarding cervical cancer among women in selected Village of Villupuram District
A study to evaluate the effectiveness of structured teaching programme on knowledge regarding cervical cancer among women in selected village of Villupuram district
Objectives of the study
1. To assess the knowledge of women before and after Structured Teaching Programme
regarding Cervical Cancer.
2. To compare the pretest and post test knowledge level to determine the effectiveness of
Structured Teaching Programme regarding Cervical Cancer.
3. To find out the association between level of knowledge on Cervical Cancer among
women with selected demographic variables such as age, Religion, Marital Status,
Education, Occupation, Income, Source of Health Information.
Methods:
Pre experimental design one group pretest and post test was used to assess the
effectiveness of structure teaching programme on knowledge regarding cervical cancer
among women in selected village of Villupuram District.
Results:
With regard to the pretest knowledge and assessment the mean was 11.30and standard
deviation was 4.645. With regard to the posttest knowledge and assessment, the mean was
23.08 and standard deviation was 4.065 this shows there is a significant increase in
knowledge, the result was found after structured teaching programme.
Interpretation and Conclusion
Further effectiveness of the structured Teaching programme was tested by inferential
Statistics using the paired t test. A significant difference 17.767 (P<0.001) level of significant
was found between pretest and post test knowledge scores of respondent indicating
significant increase in knowledge after structured Teaching programme. Hence, hypothesis is
accepted and Structured Teaching programme was found to be effective in improving the
knowledge of women
