1 B.Sc. Nursing Students, Little Lourdes College of Nursing, Kottayam, Kerala, India
2 Associate Professor, Little Lourdes College of Nursing, Kottayam, Kerala, India
*Corresponding Author Email: aparnadevis2003@gmail.com
A video assisted teaching program is an effective way to empower children with knowledge. The study was aimed to assess the effectiveness of video assisted teaching program on knowledge regarding good touch and bad touch among school children. The study was conducted in the school among 30 students between the ages of 8-10 years. The researcher used quasi experimental pretest posttest design to identify the effectiveness of VAT by convenient sampling technique structured questionnaire was used to assess the level of knowledge. VAT program was administered. In pretest the majority of 27(90%) of them have average knowledge, where as in posttest 30 (100%) have good knowledge and calculated t =21.29 value was statistically significant at p=0.05. This study concluded that VAT program was effective among school children in improving knowledge on good touch and bad touch.
Effectiveness, VAT, Good touch, Bad touch, School children