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Paper Title:
To evaluate the efficiency of a scheduled educational program regarding menstrual hygiene among young adolescent girls in a specific girls' high school located in Tirupati.
AIMS AND OBJECTIVES:
This study was planned to evaluate the knowledge and sources of information regarding menstruation, and to understand the importance of menstrual hygiene among young adolescents, helping them to minimize the risks related to menstrual problems.
DESIGN:
A Quasi- Experimental Research design, utilizing a one-group pre-test and post-test approach, to assess the effectiveness of an educational program on menstrual hygiene among young adolescent girls at a Government Girls' high school in Tirupati. Purposive sampling was employed to select a sample of 50 young adolescent girls. Data analysis involved the utilization of descriptive and inferential statistics.
Out of 50 young adolescent girls, 14 (28%) had inadequate knowledge on personal hygiene, 22 (44%) on environmental sanitation, 22 (44%) on nutrition, and 24 (48%) on infection control about menstrual hygiene in the pre-test.
Out of 50 young adolescent girls, 30 (60%) had moderate knowledge on personal hygiene, 19 (38%) on environmental sanitation, 21 (42%) on nutrition, and 25 (50%) on infection control regarding menstrual hygiene in the pre-test.
Out of 50 young adolescent girls, 6 (12%) had adequate knowledge on personal hygiene, 9 (18%) on environmental sanitation, 7 (14%) on nutrition, and 1 (2%) on infection control regarding menstrual hygiene in the pre-test.
A scheduled educational program was conducted for 50 young adolescent girls. After 7 days, a post-test was conducted on the same samples, revealing that 9 (18%) had inadequate knowledge on personal hygiene, 11 (22%) on environmental sanitation, 5 (10%) on nutrition, and 2 (4%) on infection control regarding menstrual hygiene.
Out of 50 young adolescent girls, 13 (26%) had moderate knowledge on personal hygiene, 17 (34%) on environmental sanitation, 25 (50%) on nutrition, and 20 (40%) on infection control regarding menstrual hygiene in the post-test.
Out of 50 young adolescent girls, 28 (56%) had adequate knowledge on personal hygiene, 22 (44%) on environmental sanitation, 20 (40%) on nutrition, and 28 (56%) on infection control regarding menstrual hygiene in the post-test.
Regarding menstrual hygiene, in the pre-test, the mean scores of knowledge for personal hygiene were 5.08, for environmental sanitation were 3.42, for nutrition were 3.66, and for infection control were 3.58. The standard deviations for these categories were 1.209, 0.859, 0.772, and 0.859 respectively. In the post-test, the mean scores of knowledge for personal hygiene were 12.40, for environmental sanitation were 8.64, for nutrition were 8.32, and for infection control were 8.10. The standard deviations for these categories were 2.611, 0.772, 1.151, and 0.814 respectively. The t-values and corresponding p-values were as follows: for personal hygiene, t-value of 18.614 (p-value 0.000); for environmental sanitation, t-value of 32.66 (p-value 0.000); for nutrition, t-value of 21.677 (p-value 0.000); and for infection control, t-value of 31.366 (p-value 0.000). There is a significant association between the post-test knowledge among young adolescent girls with selected socio-demographic variables.
CONCLUSION:
The study shows that among young adolescent girls have improve their post test level of knowledge from Inadequate to adequate on personal hygiene, environmental sanitation, nutrition and infection control regarding menstrual hygiene. This study contributes , Information booklet given to all adolescent girls, it helps to know the importance of menstrual hygiene and also taken as a background for designing necessary interventions in the community ,so as to reduce its burden in family/primary care practice.
Keywords:
Menstrual hygiene,Young adolescent girls
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"To evaluate the efficiency of a scheduled educational program regarding menstrual hygiene among young adolescent girls in a specific girls' high school located in Tirupati.", International Journal of Novel Research and Development (www.ijnrd.org), ISSN:2456-4184, Vol.9, Issue 2, page no.b397-b406, February-2024, Available :http://www.ijnrd.org/papers/IJNRD2402151.pdf
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