An Evaluative Study to Assess the Effectiveness of Structured Teaching Program on Knowledge of Prevention of Worm Infestations through Child-To-Child Program among School Children Aged Between 8-12 Years in School, Rangareddy Dist

The Objectives of the Study: 1) Assess the knowledge regarding hook worm infestation among 6th class students and 4th class students. 2) Develop and administer the structured teaching program on knowledge of prevention of hook worm infestation among 6th class students. 3) Assess the knowledge regarding hook worm infestation among 4th class students taught by 6th class students in child-to-child program. 4) Compare the effectiveness of child-to-child programs and structured teaching programme about the prevention of hook worm infestation. 5) Associate the knowledge of school children with selected demographic variables. The study adopted the pre-experimental two group pre-test and posttest design with structured teaching programme on knowledge of prevention of worm infestations through Child-to-child program. The study was conducted on population consists of the school children who are studying 6th and 4th class in school, rangareddy dist. The sample size consists of 100 school children aged from 8 -12 years. The sample was selected through convenient sampling technique. The structured questionnaire was used to collect the data from school children; the instrument/tool was given for content validity to the experts in the field of nursing, community medicine, English, and Telugu. The reliability of tool was tested by test and retest method. The correlation co-efficient was calculated by using Karl Pearson formula and value of r= 0.9608 is of 6th class students and the 0.982 is of 4th class students was obtained. A pilot study was conducted on 6 subjects, and it was found that the tool was feasible, appropriate, and practicable. Pretest and structured teaching programme with help of lesson plan and A.V aids was conducted on the for the 6th class students. selected in the ratio of 1:5. One 6th class student was selected for five 4th class students. The investigator conducted a pre-test using structured questionnaire to 4th class students. After pretests, ...............