Speech On Menstruation

Effectiveness of Planned Teaching Programme on menstruation and menstrual hygiene in terms of Knowledge, Attitude & Practice of Adolescent School Girls in a Selected Government School of Delhi

Shweta Handa1, Rashmi Negi2
1 & 2 Assistant Professor, Faculty of Nursing, SGT University, Gurugram, Haryana, India
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1. INTRODUCTION:
Globally about 52% of the female population is of reproductive age, meaning menstruation is a part of their normal life and menstrual hygiene therefore an essential part of basic hygienic practices. In most developing countries including India, cultural taboos relate to sexuality and reproductive health which demonstrates poor knowledge and information about

OPERATIONAL DEFINITION:
Knowledge: It refers to the ability of girls to respond verbally to the questions on a structured knowledge questionnaire regarding maintenance of personal hygiene during menstruation.
Effectiveness: Refers to the extent to which the exposure to planned teaching programme enables the community people to gain knowledge from pre test and post test as evident from knowledge score
Planned Teaching Programme: It is systematically developed intervention and audio visual aids designed for a group of common people to provide information on maintenance of personal hygiene during menstruation.
Menstrual Cycle: It is a monthly menstrual bleeding that typically occurs in women around the age of 12 years
Menstrual hygiene: it can be defined as maintaining cleanliness during menses.
Adolescence: It is a period of psychological and social mutational process initiated by pubertal changes
Menarche: The age which marks the beginning of menstrual life at the age of 12

DELIMITATION
The study is delimited to those who are present at the time of data collection and were willing to participate in the study
The study is limited to a particular government school.

7. MATERIALS AND METHODS:
Research Approach
Experimental approach
Research Design: the design selected for the study was one group pre test and post test design
Research Setting
Government Girls senior secondary School, Kalyanpuri
Sampling Technique and Sample Size
Systematic sampling technique was used, 50 adolescent girls studying in class VI, VII and VIII
Inclusion criteria
Adolescent girls studying in classes VI, VII and VIII of a selected school in Delhi
Subjects those who were present in the study during data collection
Exclusion criteria
Adolescent girls who were not willing to participate in the study
Adolescent girls who were absent in the class during data collection
Description of Tool: The following tool was used for the data collection:
Section 1: This section consists of Demographic characteristics such as age , Age of menarche, Religion, Education of mother, occupation of mother, occupation of father, Family income.
Section2: Structured questionnaire to assess knowledge, attitude and practice developed by the