“A STUDY TO ASSESS EFFECTIVENESS OF PLANNED TEACHING PROGAMME ON PREVENTION OF CERVICAL CANCER IN TERM OF KNOWLEDGE AMONG FINAL YEAR COLLEGE STUDENTS OF SURAT CITY.”

Abstract

Cervical cancer is a major cause of cancer mortality in women and more than a quarter of its global burden is contributed by developing countries. In India, cervical cancer contributes to approximately 6–29% of all cancers in women. Cervical cancer ranks as the 1st most frequent cancer among women in India, and the 1st most frequent cancer among women between 18 and 44 years of age. So, the knowledge for prevention of cervical cancer is very vital part. A study to assess effectiveness of PTP on prevention of Cervical cancer in terms of knowledge among final year college students of Surat city. The objectives were to assess the knowledge of final year college students before and after the administration of PTP. Pre experimental research approach used with one group pre- test and post- test design. The investigator used multi stage random Sampling technique for selecting the 30 samples. Planned teaching programme on prevention of cervical cancer was prepared for the samples. A structured knowledge questionnaire was prepared to assess the knowledge of the samples. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyse the data. The mean pre - test knowledge score was 13.25 and the mean post -test knowledge score was 16.38 with 3.13 significant mean difference. Hence it was concluded that PTP was effective in improving the knowledge of final year college students of Surat city.