EFFECTIVENESS OF STRUCTURED TEACHING PROGRAMME ON KNOWLEDGE REGARDING DISASTER PREPAREDNESS AND MITIGATION AMONG PU COLLEGE STUDENTS AT SELECTED COLLEGES, BANGALORE

Author Name: 1. Mrs. K.R. Rajani 2. Mrs. Sujatha

Volume/Issue: 03/07

Country: India

DOI NO.: 08.2020-25662434 DOI Link: https://www.doi-ds.org/doilink/12.2022-41165479/UIJIR

Affiliation:

1. Associate Professor, Sri Sharada College of Nursing, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
2. Professor cum Principal, Sri Sharada College of Nursing, Bangalore, Karnataka, India

ABSTRACT

A disaster is a serious disruption of the functioning of a community or a society involving widespread human, material, economic or environmental losses and impacts, which exceeds the ability of the affected community or society to cope using its own resources. The present study is aimed to assess the effectiveness of structured teaching programme on knowledge regarding Disaster preparedness and mitigation among PU college students at selected colleges, Bangalore. The study involved an evaluative approach with One group pre test – post test (Pre- experimental) research design. 50 samples were selected by using purposive sampling technique. A self administered structured knowledge questionnaire was used to collect the data. The result of the study shows that, most of the subjects 20 (40%) belongs to the age of 17 years and 29 (58%) were female. Majority of the subjects 47(94%) knows English, Hindi, Kannada, 34(68%) subjects got source of information through mass media, 50(100%) subjects had no training. The overall findings of the study clearly showed that the Structured Teaching Programme was effective in improving the knowledge of PU college students regarding Disaster preparedness and mitigation.

Key words: Pre experimental research design, Self-administered structured knowledge questionnaire, Disaster preparedness, structured teaching programme, PU college students