Copyright © 2026 Authors retain the copyright of this article. This article is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

@article{187286,
        author = {Debashrita Misra},
        title = {Assessment of Effectiveness of Structured Teaching Program on Knowledge Regarding Pubertal Changes among Pre-Adolescent Girls in Selected Schools, Darjeeling District, West Bengal},
        journal = {International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology},
        year = {2025},
        volume = {12},
        number = {6},
        pages = {4940-4946},
        issn = {2349-6002},
        url = {https://ijirt.org/article?manuscript=187286},
        abstract = {A quasi-experimental study to assess the effectiveness of structured teaching program on knowledge regarding pubertal changes among pre-adolescent girls in selected schools, Darjeeling district, West Bengal. The study’s objective to evaluate the effectiveness of structured teaching program regarding pubertal changes among pre-adolescent girls. The investigator adopted one-group pretest -post-test design. Non-probability purposive sampling technique was adopted to select 175 pre-adolescent girls. The selected tools were semi structured questionnaire on demographic variables and structured knowledge questionnaire regarding pubertal changes. The study findings revealed that mean post-test knowledge score (16.22) was higher than mean pre-test knowledge score (6.38) with mean difference of 9.84 which was found statistically significant by ‘t’ value [‘t’(df.174) =57.693] p<0.05 level of significance indicating that structured teaching program was effective in increased knowledge score. Study had implications in nursing practice, community settings, nursing education and nursing research. A similar study can also be conducted with larger sample in different setting or as a comparative study between urban and rural community.},
        keywords = {Assess, effectiveness, structured teaching program, knowledge, pubertal changes,  pre-adolescent girls.},
        month = {December},
        }