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A STUDY TO ASSESS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF PLANNED
TEACHING PROGRAMME ON KNOWLEDGE REGARDING NOSCALPEL
VASECTOMY(NSV) AMONG MARRIED MEN IN A
SELECTED RURAL AREA, BANGALORE


PHILIP SEBASTIAN *
Page No. 18-25


Abstract

The present study is aimed to assess the knowledge of married men regarding No-Scalpel
Vasectomy in a selected rural area, Bangalore. The objectives of the study is to assess the
knowledge among married men about No Scalpel Vasectomy by using a structured questionnaire, to
assess the effectiveness of planned teaching programme, and to find the association between the
findings and selected demographic variables such as age, gender, religion, educational status,
occupation, monthly income, type of family, age at marriage, duration of married life, number of
children, history of infertility medication if any, adoption of temporary family planning method,
relatives with permanent family planning methods, awareness about No-Scalpel Vasectomy. The
conceptual frame work for this study was based on Modified Open System Model by J.W. Kenny.
Pre-experimental one group pre test post test was used for this study. The study was conducted
among 30 married men who have not undergone permanent sterilization residing in Gottigere
village, Anekal taluk . Purposive sampling technique was used in this study. Data collection was
done from 19 January 2020 to 20 February 2020 . Formal written permission was obtained from
the medical officer in Gottigere Primary Health Centre. Data was collected by administering the
structured questionnaire before and after the planned teaching programme. The post- test was
conducted after the sixth day of planned teaching programme. Data was analysed by using
descriptive and inferential statistics. Paired ‘t’ test was used to find the effectiveness of planned
teaching programme and ‘Chi-Square’ and Yates correction formula was used to find the
association. The result of the study reveals that married men have lack of knowledge about No-
Scalpel Vasectomy. The mean knowledge of married men in the pre-test was in the pre-test with the
standard deviation of 1.7. There was a marked gain in the mean knowledge score of married men
after the administration of planned teaching programme (24.32 ) with the standard deviation of 1.8.
The study concluded that the Planned Teaching Programme is effective in increasing the knowledge
regarding No-Scalpel Vasectomy.
Keywords : effectiveness; No scalpel vasectomy


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