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@article{194883,
        author = {MS. SIMMI SHANKARRAO PANDE and DR. VEDA VIVEK},
        title = {Effect of health education on SUMAN (Surakshit Matritva Aashwasan) Yojana among eligible couples at selected urban region, Maharashtra},
        journal = {International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology},
        year = {2026},
        volume = {12},
        number = {10},
        pages = {6626-6629},
        issn = {2349-6002},
        url = {https://ijirt.org/article?manuscript=194883},
        abstract = {A pre-experimental design with one group pre-test post-test design was used to assess the Effect of health education on SUMAN (Surakshit Matritva Aashwasan) Yojana among eligible couples at selected urban region, Maharashtra. To collect data demographic variable & Effect of health education on SUMAN (Surakshit Matritva Aashwasan) Yojana among eligible couples at selected health center urban region, Maharashtra. before and after intervention after a pretest the health education was used among 120 eligible couple However, after one week, the post test was conducted among eligiblecouple to assess the Effect of health education on SUMAN (Surakshit Matritva Aashwasan) Yojana among eligible couples The findings revealed that before intervention, most participants had poor (46.67%) and average (33.33%) knowledge, with a mean score of 13.60 ± 4.31. After health education, knowledge significantly improved, with 59.17% having good and 34.17% having very good knowledge levels (mean score 22.81 ± 3.27). The mean difference was 9.20, and the calculated t-value (31.55) was highly significant at p < 0.05, indicating the effectiveness of the intervention.
Significant associations were found between post-test knowledge and age (p = 0.048) and monthly family income (p = 0.0001). No significant association was observed with religion, type of family, type of diet, or source of information.},
        keywords = {health education on SUMAN (Surakshit Matritva Aashwasan) Yojana among eligible couples at selected urban region, Maharashtra},
        month = {March},
        }