“EFFECTIVENESS OF STRUCTURED TEACHING PROGRAMME ON KNOWLEDGE REGARDING ORAL CANCER AMONG STUDENTS IN SELECTED HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOLS OF KAMRUP (M), ASSAM”

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JYOTSNA BORUAH, RAMNEIMOI VARTE

Keywords: Assess, Knowledge, Oral cancer,

ABSTRACT Introduction: The word cancer comes from the Latin word “Carcinoma” which means a “crab”. Cancer is the most dreaded disease and largest killer disease in the world next only to heart ailments. Tobacco and alcohol are regarded as the major risk factors for oral cancer. It accounts for 5% to 70% of total cancer mortality. The statement of problem: A study to assess the Effectiveness of Structured Teaching Programme on Knowledge regarding Oral Cancer among Students in selected Higher Secondary Schools of Kamrup(M), Assam. Specific objectives: (1) To assess the pre- test level of knowledge among students of selected Higher Secondary Schools of Kamrup(M), Assam (2) To assess the post-test level of knowledge among students of selected Higher Secondary Schools of Kamrup(M), Assam (3)To evaluate the effectiveness of Structured teaching programme on knowledge regarding oral cancer among students in selected Higher Secondary Schools of Kamrup(M), Assam and (4)To find out the association between pre-test level of knowledge with selected demographic variables Research Approach and design: A quantitative evaluative research approach and pre-experimental one group pre-test and post-test design was adopted for the study. Material and Methods: The student researcher used Simple Random Sampling technique to select 143 samples (students of class XI and XII). The study was conducted at 3 conveniently selected Higher Secondary Schools of Kamrup (M), Assam namely Gopal Boro Higher Secondary School,Prachya Bharati Senior Secondary School and Arya Vidyapeeth Higher Secondary School. Structured questionnaire was used to assess the knowledge regarding Oral Cancer among students of selected Higher Secondary Schools of Kamrup(M), Assam. Results: The study revealed the pre-test and post-test level of knowledge where majority of the students in pre-test i.e. 115(80.4%) of participants had moderate knowledge, 16(11.2%) had inadequate knowledge and 12(8.4%) had adequate knowledge where as in post-test majority students i.e. 143(100%) had adequate knowledge regarding oral cancer. For the effectiveness of structured teaching programme on knowledge regarding oral cancer among students, thefindings showed that in post-test mean knowledge score was 20.75±3.309 and it was higher than pre-test mean knowledge score 10.17±2.686 with a mean difference of 10.58. The mean difference between pre-test and post-test knowledge score was tested using paired t test at p<0.05 level of significance. There was significant association between knowledge regarding oral cancer among students in selected higher secondary schools and stream, previous knowledge of oral cancer, family history of tobacco use, family history of cancer. Conclusion: The study proved that Structured teaching programme was effective in increasing the knowledge regarding oral cancer among the participants. More studies need to be conducted to know the knowledge regarding oral cancer for early detection and prevention of oral cancer.

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JYOTSNA BORUAH & RAMNEIMOI VARTE (May-2024). “EFFECTIVENESS OF STRUCTURED TEACHING PROGRAMME ON KNOWLEDGE REGARDING ORAL CANCER AMONG STUDENTS IN SELECTED HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOLS OF KAMRUP (M), ASSAM”. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NOVEL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, 9(5), 494-596. https://ijnrd.org/papers/IJNRDTH00164.pdf

Volume 9 Issue 5, May-2024

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