International Journal of Recent Innovations in Medicine and Clinical Research
Official Publication of Innovative Education and Scientific Research Foundation
Official Publication of Innovative Education and Scientific Research Foundation
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Online ISSN:-2582-1075
Original Article
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Volume : 4, Issue : 3, Year : 2022
Article Page : 84-90
https://doi.org/10.18231/j.ijrimcr.2022.023
Abstract
Background: Communicable disease is an illness due to a specific infectious agent or its toxic product capable of being directly or indirectly transmitted from, animal to animal or from the environment to man or animal and from man to man such as chicken pox, mumps, measles, rubella, filaria, tuberculosis, malaria, dengue fever.
Objectives: 1) To assess the knowledge regarding prevention of communicable diseases among primary school children. 2) To evaluate the effectiveness of interactive session regarding prevention of communicable diseases among primary school children. 3) To find out an association between pre-test knowledge scores of school children and selected socio-demographic variables.
Methodology: An Evaluative approach was used to conduct study with Pre-Experimental: One group Pre-test Post-test research design. The study was conducted among 45 primary school children of selected Government school, Hubballi. Sample was selected by using non-probability: convenient sampling technique. Data was collected by Structured Interview Schedule to assess knowledge. Data analysis was done using Descriptive and Inferential statistics.
Results: Overall result of the study revealed that out of 45 subjects, in pre-test most of the subjects i.e. 17 (37.77%) had good knowledge, 25 (25.55%) had average knowledge and 03 (06.665) had poor knowledge. After administration of interactive session in post-test, 30 (66.66%) had good knowledge, 14 (31.11%) had average knowledge and 01 (02.22%) had poor knowledge regarding communicable diseases and its prevention. The calculated value of paired ‘t’ value (tcal=19.77) is greater than the tabulated value (t tab = 2.69) at 0.005 level of significance which revealed that there was a gain in knowledge after administration of interactive session. There was association found between four variable i.e. Age, Standard of the Student, Residence and Type of Family. Whereas in regards with remaining variables there were no association found with pre-test knowledge scores of school children.
Conclusion: The study concluded that, the interactive session was effective in enhancing and upgrading the knowledge of school children. Keywords: Communicable Diseases, Prevention, School Children, Knowledge, Interactive Session.
How to cite : Kolaki S M, Kalmath S, Jarali A K, A Study to Evaluate the Effectiveness of Interactive Session on Knowledge Regarding Prevention of Selected Communicable Diseases among Primary School Children of Selected Government Schools, Hubballi, Karnataka. Int J Recent Innov Med Clin Res 2022;4(3):84-90
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