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@article{172196,
        author = {Shetty Swati Dinesh and Supritha K Vani},
        title = {A Study To Assess The Effectiveness Of Planned Teaching Programme On Knowledge Regarding Contraceptive Methods Among The Nursing Students Of Selected Colleges Of Udupi District Karnataka.},
        journal = {International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology},
        year = {2025},
        volume = {11},
        number = {8},
        pages = {2303-2308},
        issn = {2349-6002},
        url = {https://ijirt.org/article?manuscript=172196},
        abstract = {Contraceptive methods prevent pregnancy by stopping ovulation or thickening cervical mucus to block sperm. There are many types of contraceptive methods including pills, implant, injection, patches, rings and intrauterine devices (IUDs) An evaluate approach with pre-experimental one group pretest posttest design was used to evaluate the effectiveness of planned teaching program on knowledge regarding contraceptive methods among the nursing students of selected colleges. The objectives of the study were to assess the knowledge of nursing students regarding contraceptive methods as measured by structured knowledge questionnaire, to assess the effectiveness of a planned teaching programme on knowledge regarding contraceptive methods among nursing students in selected nursing colleges and to find out the association between pre-test knowledge scores of nursing students regarding contraceptive methods and selected demographic variables. Total 60 nursing students were selected by purposive sampling technique. The data was collected by using structured knowledge questionnaire on contraceptive methods and was analyzed by using descriptive and inferential statistics. The result of the study reveals that during the pretest majority, 44 (73%) nursing students had poor knowledge levels and 16 (27%) had moderate knowledge of contraceptive methods. During the post-test majority of 48 (80%) gained excellent knowledge and 12 (20%) got good knowledge. Area-wise analysis of pretest and posttest knowledge of nursing students regarding contraceptive methods shows that the overall pretest knowledge mean was 10.5 with a mean percentage of 33% and the posttest knowledge mean was 30.5 with a mean percentage of 94%. The variables such as age, gender, religion, previous knowledge and source of information does not show any significant association.},
        keywords = {Contraceptive Methods, Planned Teaching Programme},
        month = {January},
        }