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Moinuddin Mansoori
Dinesh Kumar Sharma
“We all worry about the population explosion, but we don’t worry about it at the right time” -Arthur Hoppe Population of India in 2011 was 1.21 billion. Current population of Rajasthan is 68,548,437. fertility rate in India is 2.62. Total fertility rate in rural area is 2.9% and urban area is 2%. The current realization that socio -economic development and wel l being of a society can be affected by astronomical increase in population has led to the establishment of family planning programmes. Family planning is a way of thinking and living that is adopted voluntarily, upon the basis of knowledge, attitude and r esponsible decision by individuals and couples in order to promote the health and welfare of the family group and thus contribute effectively to the social development of a country. Globally, family planning is recognized as a key life intervention for mot hers and their children. Use of IUCD is simpler less expensive and immediately reversible. Insertion after delivery may avoid discomfort related to interval insertion. With the above benefits there is a need for randomized controlled trials to compare safety and efficacy of IUD when inserted at different times present study is undertaken with the aim to assess the effectiveness of video assisted teaching programme on knowledge regarding post partum intra uterine contraceptive devices among antenatal moth ers in selected rural areas at Udaipur, Rajasthan”. The study was performed Evaluative approach as the study aimed at development of an intervention (video assisted teaching programme) for assessing the knowledge of 150 antenatel mothers in selected rural areas at Udaipur. This approach would help the investigator to assess the effect of specific intervention that is video assisted teaching programme on the variable that is knowledge of antenatal mother’s knowledge regarding post partum intra uterine contra ceptive devices among antenatal mothers in selected rural areas at Udaipur. In this study sample were drawn by using Non probability purposive sampling technique (odd & even method). Data was collected by using structured knowledge questionnaire. The resul t showed that the mean post test knowledge score is 23.04 (82.28%), which is greater than the mean pre test knowledge score 11.3(40.35%). The above table also depicts that the enhancement in the knowledge of respondents is 11.74 (50.95%) supporting the pos t test knowledge score are higher than the pretest knowledge score. The data further represent that the “t” value of 31 is significantly higher than the table value 1.96 at 0.05 level of signific ance. This indicates that there was difference in pre test and post test knowledge score of respondents and video assisted teaching is effective in improving the knowledge score of antenatal mothers regarding PPIUCD
Keywords: Assess, Effectiveness, Video Assisted Teaching Porgramme, Knowledge, Post partum intra uterine contraceptive devices, Antenatal mothers, Rural areas