1M. Sc Nursing, Dept. of Community Health Nursing, Yenepoya Nursing College, Yenepoya (Deemed to be University), Deralakatte, Mangaluru, Karnataka, India
2HOD, Dept. of Community Health Nursing, Yenepoya Nursing College, Yenepoya (Deemed to be University), Deralakatte, Mangaluru, Karnataka, India
3Asst. Prof., Dept. of Community Health Nursing, Yenepoya Nursing College, Yenepoya (Deemed to be University), Deralakatte, Mangaluru, Karnataka, India
4HOD, Dept. of Research, Father Muller College of Nursing, Mangaluru, Karnataka
*Corresponding Author: Insha Maqbool, M. Sc. Nursing, Department of Community Health Nursing, Yenepoya Nursing College, Yenepoya (Deemed to be University), Deralakatte, Mangaluru, Karnataka, India, 575018, e-mail Id: darinsha19@gmail.com, Contact No.: 7006911276, 7624846502
Online published on 23 December, 2019.
Adolescence is a period of rapid growth which reaches its peak between 11 and 14 years for the girls and between 13 and 16 for the boys. Adolescence is the period of transition from childhood to adulthood with accelerated physical, mental and emotional development. To strengthen any nation, there is need of healthy mothers as they only produce healthy citizens.
A descriptive study aimed to assess the knowledge and perception of Kishori Shakti Yojana services among adolescent girls.
Convenient sampling technique was used to select the sample size of 100 adolescent girls. Data was collected using structured knowledge questionnaire with 19 items and Likert scale with 16 items.
Overall grading of knowledge score and perception score revealed that one-third of the subjects (75%) had inadequate knowledge and 71 adolescent girls (71%) had unfavorable perception towards KSY Services. There was a significant association between knowledge of adolescent girls regarding KSY Services and age, annual family income, previous knowledge and source of knowledge. There was no significant association between perception scores of adolescent girls regarding KSY Services and selected demographic characteristics.
The adolescent girls are provided with some sort of educational interventions such as information booklets, teaching programmes, modules on KSY Services will definitely update their knowledge and develops favourable perception towards KSY Services, which in turn contribute to improve the total quality of one's health.
Knowledge, perception, adolescent girls, KSY
