International Journal of Nursing Education

S. A. Moreshwar ¹, M. Yumnam ², M. S. Shivaswamy ³

Affiliations
1 HOD of Community Health Nursing, KLE's Institute of Nursing Sciences, Belgaum, IN
2 RIMS College of Nursing, Imphal, IN
3 Department of Community Medicine, JNMC, KLE University, Belgaum, IN

Abstract

"A comparative study to assess the effectiveness of video recorded instruction and pamphlet regarding prevention of swine flu among High school children, in selected schools of Belgaum city." The school children are at risk of getting infection, because of their closeness in the group at the same time. The school environment offers a great opportunity to educate school children, since school children are available at a large group at given particular time and place. Looking at the gravity of the situation created by H1N1 and the pace at which it is spreading in a country there is an urgent need to improve people's understanding about H1N1 flu by developing effective, interesting and easily accessible educational material regarding cause, spread and prevention of swine flu to ensure that the spread is arrested. Since the most effective prevention program involves educating the population at risk, motivating the population to protect themselves and changing individual's behavior. The objectives of the study were to assess the knowledge of school children on cause, spread and prevention of Swine flu; to evaluate the effectiveness of video recorded instruction and pamphlet on cause, spread and prevention of swine flu, to compare the results of video recoded instruction and pamphlet. The study was conducted using one group pretestposttest design. The study was conducted on a sample of 100 subjects, 50 each for one group, using systematic random sampling technique. . Data collection was done through structured questionnaire. Data obtained were tabulated and analyses in terms of objectives of the study using descriptive and inferential statistics. The findings of the study revealed that pamphlet administration was effective to enhance the knowledge of subjects on the cause, spread and prevention of swine flu as compare to video recorded instruction

Keywords

Video Recorded Instruction, Pamphlet Instruction, School Children, Swine Flu

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S. A. Moreshwar ¹, V. A. Naik ², B. C. Chrostina ³

Affiliations
1 Department of Community Health Nursing, KLEU's Institute of Nursing Sciences, Belgaum, IN
2 Department of Public Health, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Belgaum, Karnataka, IN
3 Department of Community Health Nursing, Institute of Nursing Sciences Belgaum, Karnataka, IN

Abstract

Investing in adolescent health will yield large benefits for the generations to come. During adolescent period, growth spurt and the acquisition of adult phenotypes and biologic rhythms takes place. In addition to this, iron requirement also increases dramatically as a result of the expansion of the total blood volume, the increase in lean body mass and the onset of menstruation which contribute to accentuating the potential risk for anaemia. The global prevalence of anaemia mainly in South East Asia is 65.5%, in India 56% mainly among adolescent girls as per the NFHS -3 report. The adolescent girls are future mothers. Thus, the researcher has focused on health education to improve and motivate them to prevent health problems and conditions in early period due to anaemia. A pre-experimental study was carried over a period of 6 months on 60 adolescent high school girls between 10-19 years studying in Handignur high schools, Belgaum, Karnataka. The objectives of the study were, to assess the knowledge of adolescent girls both before and after planned teaching programme, to administer teaching program and to associate findings with selected socio demographic variables. Data obtained were tabulated and analysed in terms of objectives of the study using descriptive and inferential statistics. Analysis of the data showed that 100% of adolescent girls in pre-test had average knowledge, whereas in post-test majority 73.33% of the adolescent girls had good knowledge and 26.67 % had average knowledge, which indicates that the Planned Teaching Programme has impact in prevention of anaemia.

Keywords

Anaemia, Planned Teaching Programme, Adolescent Girls, Effectiveness

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