Effectiveness of Planned Teaching Programme on Reproductive Health Among Adolescent Girls.
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2013-08
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Introduction: WHO defines adolescence as the period
of life between 10-19 years. It is a period of rapid physical
and biological changes, which may lead to confusion,
tension, frustration, and feeling of insecurity.Adolescence
is a prime time for health promotion and to encourage them
to establish healthy patterns of behavior that will influence
their development and health in later years. Adolescents are
at high risk for nutritional morbidity. It is seen that
adolescent groups have negative attitude towards balanced
diet and it was found that they were not aware of nutritional
requirement, personal hygiene, menstrual hygiene, etc.
Feeling this need a planned teaching programme (PTP) was
conducted on reproductive health education to enable an
adolescent girl to develop skill, competencies and ability to
deal with varied aspects of adolescence and to attain a safe
motherhood in future. Objective: To assess the impact of
planned teaching programme on family life education.
Methodology: The study sample consisted of 144
adolescent girls of a high school in Ankuli, Berhampur. A
structured questionnaire was used as a tool for data
collection. Data was collected before and after planned
teaching programme and it was analyzed using percentage
and Wilcoxan paired sign rank test. Result: It was found
that there was gain in knowledge in various aspects after
conduction of PTP. Regarding nutrition the average score
increased from 39.24% to 88.85% (before and after PTP
respectively). Regarding knowledge of high risk behavior
the score increased from 19.44 % to 82.87%. The
knowledge on Anatomy and physiology of reproduction,
AIDS and STD,reproductive health and personal hygiene
etc also improved significantly after PTP. Conclusion:
Imparting PTP on reproductive health among adolescent
girls is quite effective if done in a well organized and
scientific way.
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reproductive health, adolescent girls
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Padhy Gouri Kumari, Jena Dhaneswari, Pattanayak Anasuya. Effectiveness of Planned Teaching Programme on Reproductive Health Among Adolescent Girls. Indian Medical Gazette. 2013 Aug ; 147 (8): 287-291.