Abstract

This study entitled “Study to evaluate the effectiveness of structured teaching programme on knowledge regarding millets and its importance among adolescents in selected community area at Salempur” submitted in the year 2024. Aims: The objectives are to evaluate the pre-test knowledge regarding millets and its importance among adolescents; to evaluate the post-test knowledge regarding millets and its importance among adolescents; to evaluate the effectiveness of structured teaching programme on knowledge regarding millets and its importance among adolescents; to find out association between pre-test knowledge score with selected demographic variables among adolescents. Hypothesis: H1: There will be a significant difference between mean pre-test knowledge score than their mean post-test knowledge score regarding millets and its importance among adolescents. H2: There will be significant association between pre-test level of knowledge score and demographic variables. Design and Setting: Quasi - experimental approach with one group pre-test post-test design was adopted. Methods and Materials: 60 samples were selected by purposive sampling technique. A structured knowledge questionnaire was utilized to assess the knowledge of the samples. Results: The mean pre-test knowledge score of samples regarding was 11.95, whereas mean post-test knowledge score was 20.90 with a mean difference of 9.95 and SD pretest was 2.80 and post-test was 2.65. The calculated 't' value 38.34 was greater than tabulated 't'= 1.98 which was statistically proved at 0.05 level of significance. It revealed that the Structured Teaching Programme was effective in increasing knowledge among the participants. Conclusion: This indicates that the Structured Teaching Programme was effective to enhance the level of knowledge regarding millets and its importance among adolescents.

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