Original Research Article
Year: 2021 | Month: January-March | Volume: 6 | Issue: 1 | Pages: 83-88
Effectiveness of Intervention on Knowledge of Reproductive Health among Adolescent Girls in Selected School, Rohtak, Haryana
K. Jyoti1, K. Sunita2, S. Divya3, Jailalita4
1M.Sc. Nursing Student, 2Professor,
Department of Obstetrical and Gynaecological Nursing, Pt. B.D. Sharma University of Health sciences Rohtak, Haryana, India.
3M.Sc. Nursing student, 4M.Sc. Nursing student
Corresponding Author: S. Divya, Jailalita
ABSTRACT
Introduction: Reproductive health has been defined by the WHO as the state of physical, mental and social well being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity in all matters relating to reproductive system and to its functions and processes.
Aim: To assess the level of knowledge of adolescent girls regarding reproductive health. To compare pre-test and post-test knowledge regarding reproductive health among adolescent girls. To find out association between post-test knowledge with selected demographic variables.
Material and Method: A quantitative approach and pre-experimental research design was used for the study. The study was conducted among 60 adolescent girls in selected school of Rohtak. The subjects were selected by Non-probability convenient sampling method.
Results: The data was analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics. Result revealed that pre-test mean score 22.08 with SD of 5.69 whereas post-test mean knowledge score 29.17 found higher with SD of 4.315. The mean difference between pre-test and post-test score was 7.09. The obtained t-value 12.194 is greater than tabulated‘t-value’ at 0.05 level of significance. So intervention was found to be effective. The study findings show that, there was association between the pre-test knowledge score and education (4.077), education of mother (8.064), and source of information regarding menstruation (10.300).
Conclusion: The study after analyzing the post-test knowledge shows that there is a mean gain significant increase in the knowledge (p<0.05) in all the areas of reproductive health.
Keywords: Adolescent girls, reproductive health, knowledge, intervention.