Abstract
Organ donation is the process of donating organs or biological tissue to a living recipient, who is in need of a transplant. Young adults, the future of the community need to be aware of organ donation. The Objective of the study is to assess the effectiveness of structured teaching programme (STP) on knowledge and attitude regarding organ donation among young adults. Methodology: A Quasi experimental, one group pre test post test design was used. Purposive sampling was used to select 225 young adults in selected college, Coimbatore. The data was collected using structured knowledge and attitude questionnaire regarding organ donation. Results: The effectiveness of STP was determined by comparing the pre test and post test scores. The ‘t’ test showed a significant difference between the pretest knowledge score (8.47±2.65) and post test knowledge score (9.89±3.54) with ‘t’ value of 4.4170 significant at p<0.001. 98.22% had favorable attitude in the Pre test Scores. The Structured Teaching Programme was effective in increasing the knowledge on organ donation among young adults in selected college.
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