A quasi-experimental study to assess the effectiveness of the structured teaching programme on knowledge and attitude regarding health hazards of the junk food among students in selected school of Himachal Pradesh 2019-21
1 Department of Child Health Nursing Shimla Nursing College, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh P.NO. 9418194403
2 Department of Medical Surgical Nursing Shimla Nursing College, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India P.NO. 8219672372
Research Article
World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, 2023, 18(01), 673–683
Publication history:
Received on 19 January 2023; revised on 07 April 2023; accepted on 10 April 2023
Abstract:
Junk food consumption worldwide is increasing day by day which is not good for the future. Junk food is very harmful that is slowly eating away the health of the present generation.The aim of study was to assess the effectiveness of structured teaching programme on knowledge and attitude regarding health hazards of the junk food among students in selected school of Himachal Pradesh.
Quantitative research approach and non-randomized control group pre-test post-test design was used for the present study. Non -probability Convenient sampling technique was used. Sample size was 100 i.e.50 for experimental group and 50 for control group. In experimental group comparison within group, mean post-test knowledge score was significantly higher than the mean pre-test knowledge score as evident from paired t value 19.66 and mean post-test attitude score was significantly higher than the mean pre-test attitude score as evident from paired t value 21.67. Comparison between experimental group mean post-test knowledge score was significantly higher than mean post-test knowledge score of control group as evident from Unpaired t value 12.39 and mean post-test attitude score was significantly higher than mean post-test attitude score of control group as evident from Unpaired t value 9.71 which was significant at 0.05 level of significance. Positive correlation was found between pre-test knowledge and post-knowledge r=0.46, post-test knowledge and pre-test attitude r=0.43, post-test knowledge and post-test attitude r=0.474, pre-test attitude and post-test attitude r=0.86 experimental group and control group positive correlation was found between pre-test knowledge and post-knowledge r=0.97, pre-test attitude and post-test attitude r=0.98 which was significant at 0.05 level of significance. Association of knowledge score and attitude score regarding health hazards of junk food among students with selected demographic variable in experimental and control group was not statistically significant. The study concluded that structured teaching Programme was effective to increase the knowledge and change the attitude regarding health hazards of junk food.
Keywords:
Assess; Effectiveness; Structured Teaching Programme; Knowledge; Attitude; Junk food; Health Hazards Students
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