Effectiveness of Self Instructional Guidelines on Child Trafficking in Terms of Knowledge and Attitude of Students Studying in Selected Rural School of Bisrakh, Greater Noida

A study to develop and evaluate the effectiveness of self instructional guidelines on child trafficking in terms of knowledge and Attitude of students studying in a selected rural school of Bisrakh, Greater Noida was undertaken by Ms Lekha Singh and Ms Neha Tomar at Nightingale Institute of Nursing.

The objectives of this study were – 1) To develop self instructional guidelines on child trafficking. 2) To assess and evaluate the knowledge of the students regarding child trafficking before and after the administration of self instructional guidelines.3) To assess and evaluate the Attitude of the students on child trafficking before and after the administration of self instructional guidelines. 4) To find out the relationship between the post test knowledge and post test Attitude of students regarding child trafficking. 5) To find out the acceptability and utility of self instructional guidelines by the students.

The conceptual framework of the study was based on Imogene's king's theory of goal attainment. The research approach adopted for the study was evaluative with one group pre-test post-test design. The population comprised of students of 11^th class who were studying in Badami school of Bisrakh village, greater Noida. Total enumeration sampling technique was used to select a sample of 40 students. A structured knowledge questionnaire was developed to assess the knowledge of the students, a structured Attitude scale was developed to assess the Attitude of the students on child trafficking, and structured opinion ire was developed to find out the acceptability and utility of the self instructional guidelines on child trafficking by the students. Self Instructional Guidelines was developed to enhance the knowledge of Students on child trafficking and develop unfavorable Attitude in students towards child trafficking.

The data was collected from 1 February 2013 to 16 February 2013 after taking the formal approval from the principal of Badami School, Bisrakh Village, Greater Noida. The purpose of the study was explained to the group and confidentiality was assured. Pre-test of the students was taken on the day one and self instructional guidelines was distributed on the same day, on 3^rd day the doubts of the students were cleared and on 10^th day Post-test was conducted.

The data was analyzed by using descriptive and inferential statistics in terms of frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, t - value and co-efficient of correlation. The findings of the study were:- The maximum number of the subjects were in the age group of 16-17 years, majority of the students were female, religion wise majority of the students were Hindus, regarding place of origin all of the students belongs to Uttar Pradesh, majority of students were living in joint family, maximum of the respondent mothers were illiterate and fathers were educated up to high school, regarding occupation of parents, maximum of respondent mothers were housewives and fathers were self employed, majority of the students were belongs to family income between 4001–6000, regarding previous knowledge on child trafficking, majority of the students did not have knowledge related to child trafficking.

The mean post-test knowledge score and Attitude score of the students studying in rural school of Bisrakh village was significantly higher than their mean pre-test knowledge and Attitude score.

There was a positive correlation exist between post test knowledge and post test Attitude score of students. The overall findings on acceptability and utility of the self instructional guidelines indicated that self instructional guidelines on child trafficking had high acceptability and utility as a method of learning by the student.