American Journal of Advances in Nursing Research

EFFECTIVENESS OF STRUCTURED TEACHING PROGRAMME ON LEVEL OF KNOWLEDGE REGARDING MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH CARE AMONG RURAL PEOPLE IN SELECTED RURAL AREA GANAPATHIHALLI, BANGALORE

Dr. Tejeshwari B.V

tejeshwinirajesh@gmail.com

Effectiveness, Knowledge, STP and maternal and child health care

Maternal and Child health refers to a package of comprehensive health care service which are develop to meet Promotive, preventive, curative, rehabilitative needs of pregnant women before, during and after delivery and after delivery and of infants and preschooler child from birth to 5 years. Objectives: - 1.To assesses the level of pre-test knowledge regarding Maternal and Child Health among rural people in rural area Ganapathihalli, Bangalore. 2. To assess the level of post-test knowledge regarding Maternal and Child Health among rural people in selected rural area Ganapathihalli, Bangalore. 3. To evaluate the effectiveness of structured teaching programme on Maternal and Child Health among rural people in rural area Ganapathihalli, Bangalore. Design: - Evaluative research approach was used for the study. Thirty rural people were recruited by non-probability purposive sampling method. Necessary administrative permission was obtained from concerned authority. Written informed consent was obtained from all subjects. Then the investigator collected the data pertaining to the demographic variables by using structured interview schedule. Ethical clearance was obtained from Institutional ethical committee. Content validity of the tool was established by split of method. The obtained score was 0.91 & it was found to reliable. Pre-testing of the tools was done. Setting: - The study was conducted in selected rural area, Bangalore, Karnataka. Result: - The findings of the study was revealed that the mean score of knowledge regarding maternal and child health care was 9.66 in pre-test and 13.86 in post-test out of maximum score of 20, which proved that structured teaching programme was effective in increasing the knowledge level of rural people regarding maternal and child health care. The paired„t? test found be statistically significance at 0.05 levels. Conclusion: - The present study attempted to assess the effectiveness of structured teaching programme on knowledge of rural people regarding maternal and child health care and it was found that the structured teaching programme was effective in improving the knowledge of rural people