A Study to Assess the Effectiveness of Structured Teaching Program on Knowledge Regarding Sickle Cell Anemia Among School Going Girls of Selected Higher Secondary School of Balod (C.G.)

Abstract

Background: Sickle cell anemia is the hereditary disorder which is the number of red blood cell or amount of hemoglobin is low. Red blood cell contains hemoglobin protein that it enables them to carry oxygen from the lungs and deliver it to all parts of the body. Chronic organ damage sickle cell anemia is the most common form of sickle cell disease. Objectives: To assess the pre test knowledge score regarding sickle cell anemia among school going girls of selected higher school of Balod. To assess the post test knowledge score regarding sickle cell anemia among school going girls of selected higher secondary school of Balod. To assess the effectiveness of structured teaching program sickle cell anemia among school going girls of selected higher secondary school of Balod. To assess the association between pre-test knowledge score regarding of sickle cell anemia with sociodemographic variable. Hypothesis: There is significant difference between pre-test and post test knowledge score regarding sickle cell anemia among selected higher secondary school going girls at Balod (C.G). There is significant of effectiveness structured teaching program on sickle cell anemia among school going girls in selected higher secondary school at Balod (C.G). There is significant association between pre-test knowledge score with sociodemographic variable. Material and Methods: Experimental study with true experimental one group, pre-test & post-test quantitative research approach design was adopted to assess the effectiveness of structured teaching program on knowledge, attitude and practice of girls regarding sickle cell anemia among school going girls. During the study period the sample were girls who fulfilled the inclusion criteria and sample size was calculated based on the main study finding. The sample size was 60 samples. The method of sample selection was purposive sampling technique was used to assess the educational program regarding sickle cell anemia among school going girls. The self-structured questionnaire for assessment of knowledge was used for data collection. During the educational teaching, the educative material black board in the school was used. Results: The main pre test score was increased from 43.6 to 82.75, the t-value 28.05 was much higher than the table value at 0.001 (significant was 0.05) Karl Pearson correlation value (r=0.73).