A QUANTITATIVE STUDY TO ASSESS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF VIDEO ASSISTED TEACHING PROGRAMME ON KNOWLEDGE & PRACTICE LEVEL REGARDING HAND & RESPIRATORY HYGIENE PRACTICE AMONG SCHOOL CHILDREN IN SELECTED SCHOOLS, AGARTALA, WEST TRIPURA

Author Name: 1. Ms. Rupa Mallik

Volume/Issue: 04/04

Country: India

DOI NO.: 08.2020-25662434 DOI Link: https://doi-ds.org/doilink/09.2023-14796382/UIJIR

Affiliation:

1. Assistant Professor, Department of Child Health Nursing, Jagannath Gupta Institute of Nursing Sciences, Budge Budge, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.

ABSTRACT

The researcher conducted “A study to assess the effectiveness of video assisted teaching programme on knowledge & practice level regarding hand & respiratory hygiene practice among school children in selected schools, Agartala, West Tripura. The objectives of the study were to assess the knowledge & practice regarding hand & respiratory hygiene practice among school children, to develop video assisted teaching programme regarding hand & respiratory hygiene practice among school children, to evaluate the effectiveness of video assisted teaching programme regarding hand & respiratory hygiene practice among school children, & to find out the relationship between pre-test knowledge & practice score regarding hand & respiratory hygiene among school children with their selected demographic variables. The present study is based on conceptual framework of “health promotion model” by Nola J. Pender’s (2006). Purposive sampling technique was used. Data were collected from 60 Class-IV students of Hapania H. S. School & Bordwali H. S. School, Agartala, West Tripura. Self-structured knowledge questionnaire & observation checklist was administered to assess the knowledge & practice level regarding hand & respiratory hygiene practice among school children in selected schools. Result showed that out of 60 Class-IV students 70% students had adequate knowledge & 58.3% students had excellent practice in post-test &. The knowledge t-value was 12.73 & practice t-value was 16.42, that was more than the tabulated t-value. So, the video assisted teaching programme is effective to improve the knowledge & practice level of students. There was significant relationship between knowledge score with demographic variable such as types of family (χ2 = 10.62, df = 1) at 0.05 level i.e. p<0.05. Therefore, the research hypothesis was accepted & null hypothesis was rejected for demographic variable such as types of family. There was no significant relationship between knowledge score with other demographic variables. Therefore, the null hypothesis was accepted & respiratory hygiene, hand wash before eating & research hypothesis was rejected. There was no significant relationship between practice score with demographic variables. Therefore, the null hypothesis was accepted for the demographic variables & research hypothesis was rejected. The study can be concluded that students had adequate knowledge & practice regarding hand & respiratory hygiene practice.

Key words: Effectiveness, Knowledge, Practice, Hand Hygiene, Respiratory Hygiene, Video-assisted teaching programme.