“EFFECTIVENESS OF PLANNED TEACHING PROGRAMME ON KNOWLEDGE AND BIOPHYSIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS OF ADOLESCENT GIRLS REGARDING MANAGEMENT OF MENSTRUAL DISORDERS AND NUTRITIONAL ANEMIA ”

Abstract

Acknowledgement: I have no words to express the gratitude towards my guide, Dr. G Vijayalakshmi Principal, Sri Devaraj Urs College of Nursing, Tamaka, Kolar for her valuable suggestions, constant interactions, for boosting my spirits through all ups and downs and above all for being a catalyst in completion of the study. My heartfelt special consideration to my family members for their unconditional  support at every stage of the study. I devote  my sincere  gratitude to all the Study Experts, study participants and Head masters of high school for their constant and timely help which made me to successful accomplish this task.

Background: With an estimated 190 million adolescents, 22% of whom are girls, India has one of the fastest-growing youth populations in the world. The majority of teenage females in India experience reproductive health morbidities, which may shorten their lifespans and those of young adults.³Adolescence is a time when nutritional anaemia, which affects people of all ages and sexes, is more likely to develop.¹ Adolescence is a time of growth and development in and of itself. The maintenance and promotion of health and wellness necessitate specific consideration.²

Martial & method: A one group pre-test post-design evaluative strategy was used. In Kolar Taluk, 400 adolescent girls were nominated from five government high schools using a straightforward random sampling technique—the lottery method. Data collection methods included a knowledge questionnaire, for biophysiological factors inch tape  to confirm the height, and a haemoglobin metre for measuring haemoglobin levels.

Result: reveal that the majority (71.75%) of the adolescent girls had inadequate knowledge, while 28.25% of them had moderately adequate information and none of them had sufficient knowledge, according to the total knowledge scores of adolescent girls on managing menstruation problems.

Conclusion: The study's final finding was that the proposed training programme significantly improved the treatment of nutritional anaemia and menstrual abnormalities, but not biophysiological characteristics.