A Study to Assess the Effectiveness of Structured Teaching Programme on Knowledge Regarding Cold Chain among Junior Health Assistant (Female) Students in Selected Junior Health Assistant (Female) Training Center of Raichur, Karnataka

Abstract

Introduction: An pre experimental study was conducted to assess the effectiveness of Structured Teaching
Programme on knowledge regarding cold chain among Junior Health Assistant (Female) Students in selected
Junior Health Assistant (Female) Training Center. Objectives:
• To assess the existing level of knowledge of junior health assistant (female) students regarding cold chain.
• To implement structured teaching programme on cold chain.
• To analyze the effectiveness of structured teaching program on cold chain.
• To identify the relationship between the knowledge of junior health assistant (Female) students regarding cold
chain with selected variables.
Methodology: The research design adopted for the study was one group pre test post test pre experimental
design. A sample of 30 Junior Health Assistant (Female) Students, who were studying in selected Junior Health
Assistant (Female) Training Center, Raichur was selected by complete enumeration method. A self administered
questionnaire consisting of part-I and part-II was used for data collection.
Part-I: Dealt with Demographic Characteristics of the Sample.
Part-II: Included knowledge items related to cold chain.
The tool was validated by 7 experts, of which 5 are nursing experts and 2 are dotors in community medicine.
Pilot study was conducted, to establish reliability and feasibility of the tool. The computed value of co-efficient
of correlation was r = 0.86 which the tool was highly reliable.
Data was collected by using a self-administered questionnaire. The data was analyzed by using Descriptive and
Inferential statistics such as percentage distribution, mean, standard deviation, paired ‘t’test and chi square test.

Results: Among 30 respondents, majority of the Junior Health Assistant (Female) Students were within the age
group of 20-24 years (15 i.e.50%), two-third of the Junior Health Assistant (Female) Students (23 i.e. 76.67%)
finished P.U.C. as their basic education, two-third of the Junior Health Assistant (Female) Students (23 i.e.
76.67%) were Hindus, 15of the participants(50%) were not experienced during their community and clinical
postings and 22 of the respondents (73.33%) had got information from health care professionals.In pre test,
the mean score of the sample was 17.57 (SD = 5.62) and the post test mean score was 29.73 (SD = 4.68) with
paired‘t’ value of 10.29. This showed that the Structured Teaching Programme was effective in enhancing the
knowledge level of the sample regarding cold chain.
Conclusion: In pre test, among 30 Junior Health Assistant (Female) Students majority of the participants (18
i.e. 60.00%) had average knowledge and 12 participants (40.00%) had low knowledge where as in post test,
23 participants (76.67%) had high knowledge followed by 6 participants (20.00%) with average knowledge and
1 participant (3.33%) had low knowledge. This implies that there is a marked improvement in the knowledge
level of the participants after implementation of structured teaching programme.