A study to assess the effectiveness of planned

teaching programme on knowledge regarding

reproductive health among adolescent girls in
selected middle school Aizawl , Mizoram.

-H.T.LALTHANTHUAMI
 INTRODUCTION

Onset of adolescence brings not only changes to body

but also new vulnerabilities to human rights abuses, in
sexuality, marriage and childbearing.

Critical importance of reproductive health started to

receive increasing recognition

Actual practices are still clouded by taboos and socio-

cultural restrictions resulting in adolescent girls
remaining ignorant
 SIGNIFICANCE
• 25.8% out of 2.1 million people living with HIV/AIDS
in India are adolescents.

• Mizoram is one of the leading states in HIV prevalence rate (0.81%)

• 67.6% of 18,007 through sexual transmission.

• Teenage pregnancy is high (7.8%) in India.

• Majority (83%) of girls receive information about menstruation from

friends.
 HYPOTHESES

H0: There is no increase in knowledge regarding

menstrual hygiene and sexual education after health
teaching among adolescent girls in PC Girls’ School.

H1: There is increased knowledge regarding menstrual

hygiene and sexual education after health teaching
among adolescent girls in PC Girls’ School.
 METHODOLOGY
• Pre-experimental: One group pre-test post-test design
• Sample: 20 adolescent girls from PC.Girls’ School (Purposive
sampling)

• Pre-test using semi-structured questionnaire consisting

- Demographic data
- Knowledge regarding menstrual hygiene
- Knowledge regarding sexual education
• Followed by 45 minutes of planned-teaching programme.
• Post-test was conducted after one week using the same
questionnaire.
 DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE
AGE AGE OF MENARCHE

10%

Before 12 years
45%
10-12 years
55%
13-15 years 13-14 years

90%
 DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE
DOMICILE FEMALE SIBLINGS

5%
City Outskirts
15% 25%

City

Village

55%

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70%

DOMICILE None One Two More than two
KNOWLEDGE ON MENSTRUAL HYGIENE
Chart Title

100%

90%
100%

80%

60%

0 0 POST-TEST
40%
10%
20%
0 PRE-TEST
0%
Satisfactory Average Poor

PRE-TEST POST-TEST
 KNOWLEDGE ON SEXUAL EDUCATION
90%

80%

70%

60%

50%

40%

30%

20%

10%

0%
Satisfactory Average Poor
Pre-test Post-test
 ANALYSIS & INTERPRETATION
Paired t-test method is used for data analysis.
σ𝑑
𝑡=
2
𝑛(σ 𝑑 2 ) − (σ 𝑑)
𝑛−1

t-value for knowledge regarding menstrual hygiene - 11.52

t-value for knowledge regarding sexual education - 7.07
Tabulated t-value at 0.05 level of significance & 19 df - 2.093

⸫ H0 is rejected
 DISCUSSION

The results indicated significant positive response to the

planned teaching among adolescent girls.

More emphasis on nursing education and research

regarding reproductive health

Collaboration with higher administration is required

Adolescent health is a smart investment;
not only will it improve health and survival
in the short term, it will bring benefits for
future generations.
-Valentina Baltac
Adolescent Health, WHO

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