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Research Paper | Nursing | India | Volume 13 Issue 3, March 2024

A Study to Effectiveness of Structured Teaching Programme on Knowledge Regarding Prevention of Mosquito Borne Diseases among Students in Selected Schools, Tirupati

M. Sreelatha | T. Jareena

Abstract: Mosquito borne diseases are infection transmitted by the bite of infected mosquito. The research approaches adopted for this study is quantitative approach. The research design adopted for the study was 'PreExperimental design with one group pretest posttest design. The sample consist of the 60 students from selected schools Tirupati. The pretest knowledge were given assessed using self- Structured questionnaire. The planned intervention were given to the study participants on the same day. The posttest knowledge was also assessed using the same questionnaire on day 7. The Results The study reveals that, knowledge score on mosquito borne diseases among students in pretest. out of 60 students' majority i. e.45 (75%) were having inadequate knowledge followed by 13 (21.70%) were had moderate knowledge and few of them i. e.2 (3.30%) had adequate knowledge. Mean value was (15.83) & Standard Deviation was (6.26). where as in posttest i. e., 41 (68.30%) were having moderate knowledge followed by 10 (16.70%) were having adequate knowledge and few of them having 9 (15%) inadequate knowledge. Mean value was (25.32) & S. D was (5.07) and tvalue was (18.903) p value was significant at 0.000 levels. The result clearly showed that the structured teaching programme significantly improve the knowledge of students on mosquito borne diseases.

Keywords: Effectiveness, structured teaching programme, knowledge and prevention, mosquito borne diseases, students

Edition: Volume 13 Issue 3, March 2024,

Pages: 1708 - 1711