A study to assess the effectiveness of structured teaching program on personal hygiene among primary school children

A pre experimental study was conducted “ To assess the effectiveness of structured teaching programme on personal hygiene among school children in selected primary schools in Jalandhar with the objectives; To assess the pretest knowledge regarding personal hygiene among school children; Assess the effectiveness of structured teaching program; Find the association between pre test knowledge score and selected demographic variables. An evaluative approach with pre experimental one group pre test post test design was used for the study. The sample consisted of 70 primary school children. The sample was selected using purposive sampling technique. The data was collected by administering structured knowledge questionnaire regarding personal hygiene prior to the structured teaching programme. A post test was conducted on the seventh day using the same structured knowledge questionnaire. The result showed that mean posttest knowledge score (17.7) of school children regarding personal hygiene were higher than the pretest knowledge score (14.15). The ‘t’ test(1.18) showed that the structured teaching programme was effective to improve the knowledge of school children regarding personal hygiene. Chi square test was used to test the association between pretest knowledge score and demographic variable of school children. The result showed that there was association found between pretest knowledge score and demographic variables. The findings of this study identified the need for teaching programme on personal hygiene to improve the knowledge of school children. The result of the study showed that the structured teaching programme was effective in terms of increasing the level of knowledge regarding personal hygiene among school children.