• Roshni Chauhan

ABSTRACT PROBLEM STATEMENT: “A STUDY TO ASSESS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF PLANNED TEACHING PROGRAMME REGARDING A MENSTRUATION HYGIENE AMONG THE EARLY ADOLESCENT GIRLS (12 TO 15 YEARS) IN SELECTED GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS . INTRODUCTION: Globally about 52% of the female population is of reproductive age, meaning menstruation is a part of their normal life and menstrual hygiene therefore an essential part of basic hygienic practices. In most developing countries including India, cultural taboos relate to sexuality and reproductive health which demonstrates poor knowledge and information about reproductive functions and reproductive problems amongst adolescents. Adolescence is the period between 10-19 years of life . Onset of menstruation is one of the most important changes occurring adolescence. The menstrual period is a physiological process that occurs throughout the reproductive years of every woman . This process is associated with various mental as well as physical morbidities like premenstrual syndrome. Menstruation can also predispose women to life threatening RTI (Reproductive tract infection) if hygiene is not maintained throughout menstruation. Issue of menstrual hygiene begins with adolescent age. The practices knowledge and attitude which develop at this age are usually followed by them throughout their life and also passed on to their next generation. Therefore any faulty beliefs or practices pertaining to menstruation will affect health of large number of women in reproductive age group. In Indian culture, talking about reproductive function of body is considered taboo. Young females have poor knowledge and lack of awareness about physical and physiological changes associated with the onset and presence of adolescence. Most girls are unaware about proper menstrual hygiene practices at the age of menarche . OBJECTIVE: 1. To assess the pre test and post test level of Knowledge regarding menstruation hygiene among the early adolescent (12 to 15 years). 2. To evaluate the effectiveness of Planned teaching program on knowledge regarding menstruation hygiene among the early adolescent (12 to 15 years).. 3. To find out the association between the pretest level of knowledge menstruation hygiene among the early adolescent (12 to 15 years) with their selected demographic variables. METHODOLOGY: In this study quantitative approach and one group pretest posttest research design used, variable under study were planned teaching programme as a independent variable and knowledge of the early adolescent as dependent variable. Research setting was the selected government school in Gandhinagar district among which total 100 sample selected with the non probility convenient sample technique. the tool use to data collection was structured knowledge questionnaires. ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION: The result shows that prior to the administration of planned teaching program, (52%) of the sample had poor knowledge (score: 0-10) regarding menstruation hygiene. While average (score: 11-20) was observed in 48% of the sample and 00% have good knowledge (score 21-30).In the post-test there was marked improvement in the knowledge of the sample with majority (61%) gained good knowledge And (39%) gained average knowledge. Frequency and percentage distribution of knowledge of early adolescents Level of knowledge Pre-test Post-test F % F % Poor 52 52% 00 00% Average 48 48% 39 39% Good 00 00% 61 61% The result reveals that mean score on pre-test knowledge is 10.95 ± 2.44 and mean percentage is 36.5%, median is 10.00 and mode is 21.00. Whereas in post-test mean score is 20.51 ± 3.96 and mean percentage is 68.36%, median is 21.00 and mode is 21.00 which reveals the difference in mean percentage is 31.86%. The‘t’ value is 19.52 which is greater than the table value 2.02. Hence the research hypothesis H1 is accepted at p ≤ 0.05 level. Thus, it becomes evident that Planned teaching program is effective in improving the knowledge regarding menstruation hygiene among early adolescent.

"A study to assess the effectiveness of planned teaching programme regarding mensturation hygiene among early adolescent girls in schools.", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.10, Issue 10, page no.h198-h204, October-2023, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2310623.pdf

"A study to assess the effectiveness of planned teaching programme regarding mensturation hygiene among early adolescent girls in schools.", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.10, Issue 10, page no. pph198-h204, October-2023, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2310623.pdf