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Fourth Year B.Sc Nursing Students
B. Mahalakshmi
A Study titled “A study to assess the effectiveness of planned health teaching programme on knowledge regarding AIDS among the students of selected secondary and higher secondary school in Bharuch.” Methods: A total of 60 students were selected by non-probability purposive sampling method. The study adopted one group pre -test post -test design. Data were collected by using structured questionnaire method to assess knowledge among students of secondary and higher secondary selected schools in Bharuch. Results: The results of the study revealed that students gained knowledge after the structured teaching programme. Analysis of data shows that the post -test knowledge score was significantly higher than the pre -test knowledge score at <0.05 level of significance. T he present study assessed the knowledge of students HIV/AIDS and found that non e had adequate knowledge, 9(15%) had moderate knowledge and 50(83.33%) had inadequate knowledge in the pre - test. The overall mean percentage for knowledge scores in the pre -test was 9.36 ( 37.44%) with standard deviation of 3.21and in the post -test it was 15.35(61.04%) with the standard deviation (2.93) with a positive difference of 5.99(23.96) with standard deviation of (3.64). Then the investigator concluded that the structured teaching programme was a good method of conveying information and changing the attitude of students of secondary and higher secondary school regarding the effects of HIV/AIDS.
Keywords: Students, HIV/AIDS, Knowledge, Structured Teaching Programme