Abstract
Title
EFFECTIVENESS OF INFORMATION BOOKLET ON KNOWLEDGE REGARDING HIV/AIDS AMONG THE ADOLESCENCE IN SELECTED COLLEGE, BANGALORE
Author
Tejeshwari BV, Asha Rajan, Kamala GC, Mamta Yadav, Muhammed Aflah, Reshma D
Email
tejeshwinirajesh@gmail.com
keyword
Effectiveness, Assess,
Knowledge, Information
booklet, HIV/AIDS,
Adolescent
Abstract
India has the second-largest number of people with HIV/AIDS after
South Africa, Every hour 68 people contract the infection in the country among states,
Karnataka has the second largest number of people with HIV/AIDS, so HIV cases
reported in Gulbarga from January to July in the year of 2005 (The Hindu 2005)13 In
India Government estimates that about 2.40 million Indians are living with HIV, while
83% are the in the age group 15-49 years. Among them,0.63% of AIDS prevalence is
found in Karnataka. So it is essential to study the epidemiology of HIV/AIDS to
reduce the prevalence and new cases of HIV infection. Objectives: - To assess the
existing level of knowledge on HIV among adolescence in selected colleges,
Bangalore. To assess the post-test level of knowledge on HIV among adolescence in
selected colleges, Bangalore. To assess the effectiveness of information booklets on
knowledge of adolescence regarding HIV. To find out the association between pre &
post-test knowledge scores with the selected demographic variable. Design:-Quasiexperimental design (one group pre-test post-test design) was used to study the
effectiveness of the Information booklet. 50 adolescent students, in selected college
Bangalore were recruited by a non-probability purposive sampling technique.
Necessary administrative permission was obtained from concerned authority. A
Structured interview schedule was used to elicit the baseline data and structured
questionnaires were used to elicit the knowledge regarding HIV among adolescence in
selected college, Bangalore. Setting:-The study was conducted in Kengeri First Grade
College, Bangalore, 50 samples were recruited for the present study. Result: - The
study revealed that among 50 adolescence, 35 (70%) adolescence had adequate
knowledge, 15 (30%) adolescence had moderately adequate knowledge & there was
no inadequate knowledge found in the post-test score. The mean pre-test knowledge
score of women was 19.8, whereas the mean post-test knowledge score was 24.58 the
obtained 't" value was 9.11 which was found statistically significant at 0.05 levels.
Conclusion :- The study concluded that the information booklet on knowledge
regarding HIV among adolescence in selected colleges, Bangalore carried out in the
study was found to be effective in improving knowledge of adolescence as evidenced
by the significant change between pre-test and post-test knowledge score
