Abstract

Dengue is a very common health problem in India and its awareness is vital among children so as to prevent incidences of the same. This study was conducted to assess the effectiveness of structured teaching on dengue fever among adolescents of selected higher secondary school. The objectives of the study were to: • To determine the pre-test & post-test level of knowledge regarding Dengue fever and its prevention among Adolescents in selected Higher Secondary school. • To assess the effectiveness of structured teaching program on knowledge regarding Dengue fever and its prevention among Adolescents in selected Higher Secondary school. • To find out association between post-test level of knowledge regarding Dengue fever and its prevention among Adolescents in selected Higher Secondary school and their socio demographic variables in the study group. In this study effectiveness of Structured teaching program on knowledge of Dengue fever among Adolesents in higher secondary school was studied using structured questionnaire on knowledge regarding Dengue fever. The research design used in the study was one group pretest and post testpre experimental design. The knowledge regarding Dengue fever was assessed before and after the Structured teaching. The conceptual frame work of the study was based on Landwing Von bertalanffy General System Theory. The study was conducted among 60 Adolescents whose age was between 12 and 15 years of selected Higher Secondary school by using simple random sampling technique. The data was collected and analyzed based on objectives of the study using descriptive and referential statistics. Mean value of pre-test was 15.16 which increased to 21.75 in post-test. The study revealed that the structured teaching increased the knowledge on Dengue fever among Adolescents in selected Higher Secondary school. The effectiveness of structured teaching was independent of the selected demographic data and baseline data. The study concluded that structured teaching program can play a vital role in imparting knowledge to High Secondary school Students.

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