Associate Professor, Govt. College of Nursing, Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram
Online published on 8 July, 2016.
Adolescence is a period of active growth and development-physical, social and emotional. There is a substantial lacuna in the knowledge about reproductive health among adolescent girls.
The aim of present study was to assess the effect of Instructional programme on knowledge of adolescent girls regarding reproductive health.
A quasi experimental research design of one group pre-test post-test was used for the present study. Data were collected from adolescent girls and multi stage cluster sampling technique was used to select samples. The researcher developed an Instructional programme (video assisted) with a self administered teaching module on knowledge regarding reproductive health.
A significant difference between mean pretest-post test score was found (p<0.001).
The findings of the study revealed that there was significant increase in knowledge of adolescent girls regarding reproductive health. Hence it is concluded that the Instructional programme is effective in improving knowledge of adolescent girls regarding reproductive health.
Reproductive health, Adolescent girls, Instructional programme
