Effectiveness of Video Assisted Teaching Programme on Epilepsy in Children among the Primary School Teachers in the Selected Schools of Udupi District

Primary school teacher's knowledge and Attitude toward epilepsycan have significant impact on the performance and psycho-social development of the child with epilepsy. The objectives of the study were to evaluate the effectiveness of video assisted teaching programme on knowledge and Attitude regarding epilepsy in children among primary school teachers of Udupi district.

Study adopted an evaluative approach with one group pretest posttest design. The study was conducted in the government primary schools of Udupi District. A total of 55 teachers were selected by cluster sampling technique.

The results revealed that only 8(13.60%) of the primary school teachers had good knowledge on epilepsy in children before the intervention whereas majority 54(98.20%) had good knowledge in the posttest. Before the intervention 9 (16.40%) of primary school teachers had negative Attitude whereas after the intervention all 55(100%) had a positive Attitude towards children with epilepsy. There was a significant difference in pretest and posttest knowledge scores (t=14.36) and Attitude scores (z=6.489).

Therefore the study concludes that the video assisted teaching programme was effective to improve knowledge and change the Attitude of primary school teachers.