A study to assess the effectiveness of a planned teaching programme on cervical cancer in terms of knowledge among arts students in selected Mahila Arts Colleges in Himmatnagar City

Abstract

The study was conducted with the objectives (1). To assess the level of knowledge of adult girls regarding cancer of cervix. (2) To evaluate the effectiveness of planned teaching programme on cancer of cervix among adult girls. (3) To determine the association between the effectiveness of planned teaching programme on cancer of cervix with the selected demographic variables. Pre-Experimental approach (One group pre-test post-test design) was used. The investigators used Random Sampling technique for selecting 60 samples. The mean pre-test knowledge score of samples about cervical cancer was 10.71 whereas posttest score was 18.16. The mean post-test knowledge score is significantly higher than the mean pretest knowledge score with the mean difference of 7.45 and the calculated ‘t’ value (t=21.34) was greater than tabulated ‘t’ value (T=2.0096) which was statistically proved at 0.05 level of significance. Thus, the planned teaching programme was effective.