To Assess the Effectiveness of Planned Teaching Programme on Knowledge and Practices Regarding Menstrual Hygiene among the Adolescent Girls in Selected Govt. School of Delhi

Onset of menstruation is one of the most important changes occurring among the girls during the adolescence. In existing Indian culture\milieu, there are several traditions, myths, misconceptions, mystery and superstition prevailing about menstruation these issues need to be managed at an early age. A study to assess the effectiveness of planned teaching programme on knowledge and practices regarding menstrual hygiene among the adolescent girls. The aim of the study: 1) to assess the knowledge and practice regarding menstrual hygiene among the adolescent girls before and after the structured teaching programme. 2) To determine the association of pre-test knowledge with the selected demographic variable. Research approach was evaluatory and descriptive; research design was pre-test and post-test. A sample of 100 adolescent girls was selected using purposive sample technique. A semi structured questionnaire tools were used to evaluate the knowledge and practice. Descriptive and inferential statistic in term of mean, standard deviation and paired‘t’, Karl Pearson ® and one way ANOVAs test were used for analyzing the data. The finding revealed that the mean difference of post intervention showed a significant difference in knowledge and practice regarding menstrual hygiene (t=13.92,p<0.05and t=17.40,p<0.05 respectively). Over all knowledge score is increased from 8% to 55% and practice score also increased from 20% to 58%. Majority of girls received information from the mother. Hence the study concluded that structured teaching programme on knowledge and practices’ regarding menstrual hygiene among the adolescent girls is very effective.