A study to assess the effectiveness of planned teaching programme on knowledge regarding the government health schemes (Rashtriya Arogya Nidhi and Ayushman Bharath) among the people living in below poverty line in selected rural community, Bengaluru

Government schemes under the health sector which provide financial assistance for below poverty line families. Expectation of high quality and low cost of health care in insurance facility led the people to accept health scheme. Process Planned Teaching Programme uses the A.V aids to facilitate and improve students learning

To assess the pretest knowledge, to determine the effectiveness of planned teaching programme and to determine the association between the pretest knowledge score regarding the government health schemes (RAN and AB) and socio demographic variables among people living in below poverty line.

An evaluate approach with pre-experimental, one group pre test post test Research design was selected and a purposive sampling technique was used to select the samples for evaluating the effectiveness of planned teaching programme on knowledge regarding Government health schemes (RAN and AB) among the people living in below poverty line in rural community. Bengaluru.

In pre-test among people living in below poverty line 73.3% (44) had inadequate knowledge, 26.7% (16) had moderate knowledge and none of them had adequate knowledge. where as after administering planned teaching programme 70% (42) of people living in below poverty line had adequate knowledge and 30.0% (18) had moderate knowledge and no subjects had inadequate knowledge regarding Government health schemes (RAN and AB). Hence planned teaching programme was found to be effective. The overall mean for pre test score was 9.87 (SD+-4.50) with mean percentage of 32.9%.whereas the overall mean post test score was 24.57(SD+-2.30) with mean percentage of 81.9%.Paired “t” test was used to find the difference between pre-test and post test knowledge scores, which showed that the overall mean percentage was 95.00% with the calculated “t” value of 27.11 which is found to be greater than the table value of 1.96.Hence the hypothesis H1 proved statistically significant at p<0.05 level of confidence .It shows that planned teaching programme was effective. Chi square test revealed that there is significant association between pre test level of knowledge with selected Demographic variables like age, Gender, religion, occupation, type of family, Information and source of information on RAN and AB of people living in below poverty line. Hence the hypothesis H₂ stating ‘there is significant association between the mean pre-test knowledge score of the people living in below poverty line with their selected demographic variables ‘is accepted.

The finding concluded that there was 95.00% mean percentage knowledge in the overall regarding Government health schemes (Rastriya Arogya Nidhi and Ayushman Bharath). among people living in below poverty line, after administration of planned teaching programme. This indicates that, planned teaching programme is an effective teaching strategy in the education system, as it is interesting and easy for the people living in below poverty line to comprehend.