A Study to assess the Effectiveness of Structured Teaching Program on Knowledge of Iron Deficiency Anemia among Adolescent Girls in Selected College of Uttarakannada

  • Unique Paper ID: 163210
  • Volume: 10
  • Issue: 11
  • PageNo: 887-890
  • Abstract:
  • A pre-experimental one group pretest post test design was used for the study. Sample consisted of 60 adolescent girls in selected college of Uttarakannada. The sample was selected by purposive sampling technique. A structured questionnaire was given to assess the knowledge regarding iron deficiency anemia among adolescent girls. Before data collection the researcher introduced the purpose of the study, clarifies the queries and took the verbal consent from the subjects. The result shown that mean percentage of posttest knowledge score (81.8%) was higher than the mean percentage score (42.7%). The calculated ‘t’ value showed significant difference between mean pre and post-test knowledge scores. Calculated ‘X2’ values showed significant association between the demographic variables with their pretest knowledge scores at 0.05 level of significance. The study concluded that the STP is effective in increasing the knowledge of adolescent girls.

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