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International Journal of Practical Nursing

Volume  4, Issue 1, Jan-Apr 2016, Pages 5-8
 

Original Article

A Study to Assess the Knowledge of Adolescent Girls Regarding Kishori Shakti Yojana in the Selected School of Palampur with the View to Develop Information Booklet

Anju Thakur* , Anita Goswami**

*Lecturer **Principal, Netaji Subhash College of Nursing, Palampur, Kangra (H.P.).

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DOI: DOI : https://dx.doi.org/10.21088/ijpn.2347.7083.4116.1

Abstract

 A descriptive study was conducted on 60 adolescent girls 0f selected school of Palampur regarding Kishori Shakti Yojna with the view to develop information booklet. The objectives of the study were to assess the knowledge of adolescent girls regarding knowledge, to find out the association between knowledge of adolescent girls with the selected demographical variables and to develop and disseminate information booklet on Kishori Shakti Yojna.The conceptual framework used for the study was based on “Ludwing Von Bertalanffy’s (1980) General System Model. Sample were selected by systematic random sampling technique. The data were collected through structured knowledge questionnaire. The study finding reveled that majority of the subject 63.3% had previous knowledge about Kishori Shakti Yojna and only 36.7% had no previous knowledge regarding Kishori Shakti Yojna. It was concluded that knowledge of adolescent girls regarding Kishori Shakti Yojna was not signicantly associated with the residence, type of family, religion and family income at p level 0.05 and there were significant association of age and resources of knowledge with knowledge level of adolescent girls regarding Kishori Shakti Yojna at p level > 0.005.Information booklet on Kishori Shakti Yojna for adolescent girls was develop and disseminated.

 Keywords: Knowledge; Adolescent Girls; Kishori Shakti Yojna; Information Booklet.


Corresponding Author : Anju Thakur*