A Quasi Experimental Study to Evaluate the Effectiveness of Demonstration on Practice Regarding Breast Self-Examination Among Girls of Selected Arts Colleges of Jalandhar, Punjab

Abstract

Breast budding in girls-their first sign of puberty starts at age 10 on average, with some girls starting asearly as 8 and other not starting until 13.Breast cancer is the most commonlyoccurring cancer in womenand the second most common cancer overall.The rates are increasing in nearly every region globally. Breastself- examination is a cost -effective and easy method that the every women can perform their own basis.Soinvestigator thought that demonstration is a good method to give education with the help of teaching aidsto make the topic more interesting and understandable.So decided to organize demonstration for creatingawareness and to enhances practice of the girls regarding breast self -examination.The study was conductedon the girls of selected artscolleges of Jalandhar i.e. take a sample of 100 girls belongs to arts colleges fromthree different villages i.e. Lyallpur Khalsa college , St .Solider group of institute, Banarsi Dass Arya college,Kanya Maha vidyalaya , Apeejay college of Arts ,Government sports and arts college, D.A.V college andDoaba college, Jalandhar, Punjab.Non probability technique i.e. convenience sampling technique was usedto select the sample. The sample was comprised of 100 girls’i.e. 50 in control group and 50 in experimentalgroup. To obtain necessary data for the study, the tool wasdeveloped and for data collection self -structuredchecklist was used. The result of the present study revealed that the pre-test mean practice score of controlgroup was 9.34 and the pre-test practice score of experimental group was 9.12, whereas the posttest meanpractice score of control group was 9.78 and posttest mean practice score of experimental group was 17.16.The research hypothesis of the study was accepted, as the posttest mean practice score regarding practice ofbreast self -examination among girls in experimental group was significantly higher than the posttest meanpractice score incontrol group so there was effectiveness of demonstration regarding practice of breast selfexaminationamong girls in experimental group.There is no any association of practice regarding breastself- examination with their selectedsocio demographic variable among girls.