2024, Vol. 7, Issue 2, Part A

Objectives: To evaluate the effectiveness of self-instructional module on knowledge regarding reproductive health among adolescent girls of selected pre university colleges of Kalaburagi.

Methodology: An evaluative approach with pre experimental one group pre-test post-test design was adopted for the study. The samples from the selected pre university college were selected using convenient sampling technique. The sample consisted sixty adolescents girls of 15-19 years. The tools used for data collection was structured knowledge questionnaire.

Data collection procedure: Data was collected from 01.04.2024 to 30.04.2024after obtaining administrative permission from selected pre university college, Kalaburagi.

Results: The pretest knowledge scores respondents mean was 10.80, median was 11, mode was 12 with standard deviation 3.55 and score range was 5-18.The post-test knowledge scores respondents mean was 15.11, median was 15.50, mode was 16 with standard deviation 3.01 and score range was 8-20. With regard to pre-test level of knowledge it shows that, maximum 37(61.7%) respondents were having average knowledge, 15 (25%) respondents were having poor knowledge and remaining 8(13.3%) of respondents were having good knowledge. During post-test maximum 35 (58.3%) of respondents were having good knowledge, and 25(41.7%) of respondents were had average knowledge. With respect to knowledge scores of participants, the findings reveal that the post-test mean knowledge scores was found higher [mean=15.11, SD of 3.01] when compared with pre-test mean knowledge score value which was 10.80 with SD of 3.55. The statistical paired ‘t’ implies that the difference in the pretest and post-test value was found statistically significant at 5% level (p<0.05) with a paired ‘t’ value of 16.47. There exists a statistical significance in the difference of knowledge score indicating the positive impact of self-instructional module.

Conclusion: The findings revealed that, Knowledge of adolescent students regarding reproductive health was moderate.