Journal of Pediatrics and Child Health

INTRODUCTION

Nutritional deficiencies have widespread consequences, especially in adolescent females. A malnourished female affects her overall health, well-being, and productivity. Further, a malnourished female is likely to give birth to undernourished children, which transcends undernutrition toward future generations. Adolescence is also identified as the second window of opportunity after the first thousand days of life to improve nutritional inadequacies and inadequate  growth  and  development  from  childhood.  WHO  defines  'Adolescents' as individuals in the 10-19 years age group [2]. Poshan abhiyan was launched by Hon’ble prime minister on 8th march 2018 in Jhunjhunu district of Rajasthan. The focus of abhiyan is to emphasis on nutritional status of adolescent girls, pregnant women, lactating mothers. It was decided in three categories.

•   Bal shakti

•   Purna shakti

•   Matru shakti

ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION

Quantitative approach was used with pre-test post-test design. The structured teaching programme regarding purnashkti among adolescent girls. The study was conducted at Olpad Taluka, Surat,Gujarat. The samples of 60 adolescent girls were selected through non probability convenient sampling technique [3]. A structured knowledge questionnaire was prepared to assess the knowledge of participants. content validity to developed tools and structured teaching programme was established by 5 experts and necessary modification were made as per suggestion. Reliability of the tool was ascertained by karl person’s coefficient correlation (r) method.

Result

The mean pre-test knowledge score was 12.85 and the mean post-test knowledge score was 20.45. significance of the difference between pre-test and post-test knowledge was statistically tested using paired ‘t’ test and it was found significant at 0.05 level (13,12 ,t-2.00, respectively). There was significant increase in the knowledge of the sample after administration of the structured teaching programme regarding purnashkti among adolescent girls. Hence, it is concluded that structured teaching programme was effective in improving the knowledge of the adolescent girls in the selected rural area at Olpad Taluka, Surat, Gujarat.

OBJECTIVES OF STUDY

•   To assess the knowledge regarding use of Purnashkti among adolescent girls before and after administration of structured teaching programme.
•   To determine the effectiveness of structured teaching programme regarding use of Purnashkti among adolescent girls.
•   To find out the associations between the post- test levels of knowledge score regarding use of Purnashkti with selected socio demographic variables.

HYPOTHESIS

•    H1: There is a significant difference between the mean Pre-test and post- test knowledge score regarding use of Purnashkti among adolescent girls at 0.05 level of significance.
•    H2: There is a significant association between pre –test knowledge score regarding use of Purnashkti with their selected demographic variables among adolescent girls at 0.05 level of significance [4].

Figure 1: Conceptual frame work

Note: *Dotted line is not included in this study

METHODOLOGY

Research methodology is a way of systematically solving the research problem. It is a science of study how research is done scientifically and this is way which enables the researcher to project a blue print of the research undertaken [5].

This deals with the methodology, selected by the investigators to study the effectiveness of structured teaching programme on knowledge regarding use of purnashakti among adolescent girls in selected rural area of olpad taluka, Surat, Gujarat.

Research Approach: Quantitative Research Approach

Research Design: One-group pre test post test research design

VARIABLES:

1)  Research variables- Knowledge regarding use of purnashakti.

2)  Demographic variables-age in year, education, type of family, monthly income, dietary pattern, previous knowledge, source of information [6].

Research Setting:

This present study was conducted in the selected rural area at Olpad Taluka, Surat.

Sampling Technique:

Non probability convenient sampling technique

Targeted Population:

Adolescent girls 10 to 19 years.

Criteria for sample selection:

1)  Adolescent girls who are willing to participate

2)  Adolescent girls who are understand Gujarati and English

DELIMITATION

This study is delimited to: 60 Adolescent girls available at the time of data collection at selected rural area at olpad taluka, Surat, Gujarat [7, 8].

MAJOR FINDINGS OF THE STUDY:

In this research study major findings in major Age group is between 17 to 19 years(45%), Type of family major finding is nuclear family (55%),Type of diet major finding is non Vegetarian(60%). The pre-test score was 12.85 and post-test score was 20.43 and standard deviation of pre-test score was 4.29 and standard deviation of post-test score was 3.27 and calculated ‘t’ score was 5.42, and the tabulated ‘t’ value is 2 [9].

Figure 2: Bar diagram showing that score of pre test and post test score of adolescent girls 

Table 1: Association between Post Test Level Of Knowledge Score Of Demographic Variables

DISCUSSION

The finding of the study have been discussed with references to the objectives and hypothesis. The pre- test knowledge score among the adolescent girls were found less in selected rural areas of olpad taluka, surat. This indicate the need of the adolescent girls importing necessary knowledge score of adolescent girls regarding and its impact on health was increased after administration of structured teaching program. This show the effectiveness of planned teaching program. Finding from the research analysis revealed that pre-test score of adolescent girl of experimental group was improved after exposure to informational structured teaching programme regarding use of purnashakti [10].

CONCLUSION

It is concluded, the effectiveness of structured teaching programme regarding purnashakti among adolescent girl in selected rural area of olpad taluka, surat, Gujarat. It shows that, the study was very effective in improving the level of knowledge regarding purnashakti.