A Study to Assess the effectiveness of Structured Teaching Programme on Knowledge regarding Prevention of Breast Cancer among women Living in selected Rural Area at Wankaner

Abstract

A study to evaluate the effectiveness of structured teaching programme on knowledge regarding prevention of breast cancer among women living in selected rural area at Wankaner. The objectives of the study was (a) To assess the level of knowledge regarding prevention of breast cancer among women living in selected rural area. (b) To evaluate the effectiveness of STP on prevention of breast cancer of knowledge regarding among women living in selected rural area. (c) To find out the association between selected demographic variables and Pre-test level of knowledge on prevention of breast cancer among women living in selected rural area. The research design adopted was One Group Pre-test & Post-test design. The study had been conducted in selected rural area at Wankaner. Non probability sampling technique had been adopted to select the desired samples. The sample size was 40. As a part of intervention, a STP on knowledge regarding prevention of breast cancer was provided to women for 30 minutes and the data was collected by structured interview with set of questionnaires that is administered to assess the level of knowledge regarding prevention of breast cancer among women living in selected rural area. The data were analyzed by using both descriptive and inferential statistical method paired “t” test was used to evaluating the effectiveness of STP on knowledge regarding prevention of breast cancer. The obtained value 10.25, which shows highly significant at the level of p<0.05. There is significant association between demographic variables such as profession, family history of breast cancer and previous knowledge of breast cancer with pretest level of knowledge on prevention of breast cancer. The study concluded that the STP was effectiveness in improving of knowledge regarding prevention of breast cancer.