“A Study To Assess The Effectiveness Of

Structured Teaching Program (STP) On

Knowledge And Attitude Regarding
Importance Of Well Balanced Diet Among
School Age Children In Selected School, Sri
Ganganagar”

PRESENTED BY:-MR.ANIL
M.Sc. NURSING FINAL YEAR
STUDENT
 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
 

“A Study To Assess The Effectiveness Of Structured Teaching

Program (STP) On Knowledge And Attitude Regarding
Importance Of Well Balanced Diet Among School Age
Children In Selected School, Sri Ganganagar”
 OBJECTIVES
 To assess the level of knowledge of school children regarding
well balanced diet.
 To assess the attitude regarding eating pattern among the
school age children.
 To evaluate the effectiveness of structured teaching program
on importance of well-balanced diet for school age children.
 To find out the association between the post-test knowledge
and attitude score with selected demographic variables.
 LIMITATION
 The study did not use a control group and there was a threat
to internal validity due to history as the investigator had no
control over events that occurred between pre test and post
test. Hence the research of the study cannot be generalized.
 The study was limited to only 4 weeks.
 The study was conducted on a small group of 80; hence
generalization must be done with caution.
 The study was limited to 6th standard students attending
classes regularly in selected Schools at Sri ganganagar
 DELIMITATIONS

• Regular school aged students.

• Children studying 7th standard.

• Data collection period is 4 weeks.”

 HYPOTHESIS
All hypotheses will be tested at, 0.05 level of significance.
 “H1- Mean post-test knowledge score of children who
received structured teaching program regarding importance
of Well Balanced Diet will be significantly higher than the
mean pre-test knowledge score.
 H2- Mean post-test attitude score of children who received
structured teaching program regarding importance of Well
Balanced Diet will be significantly higher than the mean pre-
test attitude score.”
 CONT………
 H3

“(a). There will be a significant association between post-test

knowledge score and selected demographic variables among
school age children who received structured teaching
program regarding importance of Well Balanced Diet.
(b). There will be a significant association between post-test
attitude score and selected demographic variables among
school age children who received structured teaching
program regarding importance of Well Balanced Diet.
 CONCEPTUAL FRAME WORK
The conceptual frame work of the present study is based on
Daniel Shuffle Beam’s Program Evaluation Model (CIPP).
The conceptual frame work presented in the figure shows
context evaluation, input evaluation, process evaluation and
product evaluation.
 REVIEW OF LITTERATURE

This study content 30 Review of literature related

to Well Balanced Diet.
 RESEARCH APPROACH
“The selection of research approach is a basic procedure
for conducting research enquiry. A research approach helps
the researcher to determine what data to collect and how to
analyze it. It also suggests possible conclusions to be drawn
from the data.”
“Research approach adopted for the present study was
evaluative approach, as the study was aimed at evaluating
the effectiveness of the structured teaching programme on
knowledge and attitude regarding the importance of Well
Balanced Diet among school age children.
 CONT………

An evaluative research is commonly conducted to rate the

extent to which a program has attained its goals.
 RESEARCH DESIGN
“Research design provides the backbone structure of the study.
It determines how the study will be organized when the data
will be collected and when the interactions will be
implemented.”

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“The research design selected for the study was one group
pretest post test design which belongs to pre experimental
design. The pre experimental design is a design in which the
pretest and post test observations are made on deferent days
with only one selected group without a control group.
 SETTING OF THE STUDY
The study was conducted in Selected Sen. Sec. School at Sri
Ganganagar Criteria for selecting these setting were
geographical proximity, feasibility of conducting the study,
availability of samples, and familiarity of the investigator
with the setting. The school is located at Sri Ganganagar.
There were 26 classrooms and 80 teachers.
 VARIABLE UNDER STUDY
“The concepts that can take different quantitative values are
called variables. The variables for the present study were,
Dependant variable: Knowledge and attitude of school age
children regarding importance of Well Balanced Diet.

Independent variable: Structured Teaching Program(STP).”

“Extraneous variables: Age, Gender, Religion, Area of
Residence, Food Habits, Types of Family, Education of
Father, Education of Mother, Occupation of Father,
Occupation of Mother, Exposure to Previous Knowledge, If
Yes Source of Information.”
 POPULATION

Population represents the entire group under study. The

target population of the study was the higher secondery
children age between 11-13 years, attending classes regularly
in Govt. Sen. Sec. School in Sri Ganganagar.
 SAMPLE

Sample is the sub set of the population under study. The

sample for the study, consist of children in the age between
11- 13 years and going to school regularly.
 SAMPLE SIZE

The sample size for the study was 80 children who met the
inclusion criteria.
 SAMPLING TECHNIQUE

Sampling technique employed in this study was Non

probability purposive. Sampling based on inclusion and
exclusion criteria.
 DESCRIPTION OF THE TOOL
The tool consists of two sections:
Section -A: Consisted of 12 items related to demographic data
such as Age, Gender, Religion, Area of Residence, Food
Habits, Types of Family, Education of Father, Education of
Mother, Occupation of Father, Occupation of Mother,
Exposure to Previous Knowledge, If Yes Source of
Information.
Section -B
Tool-I: Consisted of 30 multiple choice items to assess the
nutrition knowledge, divided in to four topics. Via:
 General concept of well balance diet. 
 Body building foods
 Energy yielding foods 
 Protective foods”
 
 CONT………
Each correct answer assigned score ‘one’ and ‘zero’ for the
wrong. The total score of section B is 30.
Based on the above scoring the level of knowledge was assessed
as,
 Inadequate - <50%
 Moderate – 50 –75%
 Adequate - >75%score
 Tool - II: Consisted of 20 Positive and Negative Attitudnal
Statements to assess the attitude. “One” mark was allotted for
correct statement. Thus the maximum obtainable score was 20
marks.
 CONT…..
Based on the above scoring the nutritional attitudes was
assessed as, 
Poor <50%
Fair 51 –75%
Good >75% score
 PILOT STUDY

Pilot study was conducted in Selected Sen. Sec. School at Sri

Ganganagar from 29-05-2021 to 06-06-2021, find out the
feasibility of tool and study. The investigator utilizes
pourposive sampling technique to select eight children who
meet the inclusion criteria.
DEMOGRAPHIC VARIABLES
 1. AGE IN YEARS

60

50

40

Frequency
30
Percentage

20

10

0
11 years 12years 13years

INTERPRETATION: Majority of samples 44 (55%) belong to

the age group of 12 years, 28 (35%) belong to 13years, 8 (10%)
belongs to 11 years.
 2. GENDER

70

60

50

40

30 Frequency
Percentage
20

10

0
Male Female

INTERPRETATION: With regard to gender majority of

samples 52 (65%) were males, 28 (35%) were females.
 3. RELIGION
70

60

50

40
Frequency
30 Percentage

20

10

0
Hindu Sikh Muslim Others

INTERPRETATION: The percentage distribution of religion

majority of samples 48 (60%) were Hindu, 16 (20%) were
Muslims, 12 (15%) were Sikh and 4 (5%) were from other
religions.
 4. AREA OF RESIDENCE
70

60

50

40
Frequency
30 Percentage
20

10

0
Urban Rural Urban slum

INTERPRETATION: The percentage distribution concerning

area of residence majority of samples 48 (60%) were from
urban area, 24 (30%) from rural area, 8 (10%) from urban
slum.
 5. FOOD HABBITS
80

70

60

50

40 Frequency
Percentage
30

20

10

0
Vegetarian Non vegetarian

INTERPRETATION: With regard to food habits of samples,

majority of samples 54 (67.5%) were vegetarians, 26 (32.5%)
were non-vegetarians.
 6. TYPE OF FAMILY

60

50

40

30 Frequency
Percentage
20

10

0
Nuclear family Joint family Others

INTERPRETATION: Regarding type of family, majority of

samples 42 (52.5%) were from nuclear family, 38 (47.5%) were
from joint family and none from others.
 7. EDUCATIONAL STATUS OF FATHER
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INTERPRETATION: Concerning Education of father, majority of

samples 22 (27.5%) were belongs to Secondary Education, 20 (25%)
belongs to graduate & above, 18 (22.5%) belongs to primary
education, 12 (15%) belongs to higher secondary education, 08
(10%) belongs to no formal education.
8. EDUCATIONAL STATUS OF MOTHER
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INTERPRETATION: Concerning Education of mother, majority of

samples 30 (37.5%) belongs to primary education, 24 (30%) belongs
to secondary education, 10 (12.5%) belongs to higher secondary
education, 12 (15%) were belongs to no formal education and 4
(5%) belongs graduate and above.
 9. OCCUPATION OF FATHER
45
40
35
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INTERPRETATION: With regard to the occupation of father,

majority of samples 34 (42.5%) were belong to private employee, 22
(27.5%) were belong to government employee, 6 (7.5%) were
belong to business, 6 (7.5%) were belongs to unemployee, and 12
(15%) from others.
 10. OCCUPATION OF MOTHER
40
35
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INTERPRETATION: With regard to the occupation of mother,

majority of samples 30 (37.5%) were belong to private employee, 18

(22.5%) were belong to house wife, 12 (15%) were belong to

government employee, 6 (7.5%) were belongs to business, and 14

(17.5%) were from others.

11. EXPOSURE TO PREVIOUS KNOWLEDGE
70

60

50

40
Frequency
30 Percentage

20

10

0
Yes No

INTERPRETATION: Regarding exposure to previous

knowledge, majority of samples 52 (65%) were not having
previous exposure, 28 (35%) had previous exposure to
knowledge.
12. IF YES SOURCES OF INFORMATION
40
35
30
25
20 Frequency
15 Percentage
10
5
0
School Family Mass media Health
curriculum members personnel

INTERPRETATION: With regard to the source of knowledge out

of 80 samples, 10 (12.50%) were belongs to school curriculum, 30
(37.50%) were belong to family members, 35 (43.75%) were
belongs to mass media, and 5 (6.25) from health personnel.
Pre-test post-test level of knowledge

Pre test Post test Knowledge Score

80

70

60

50

40

30

20

10

0
Inadequate (<50%) Moderate (50-75%) Adequate (>75%)

Pre- test Frequency Pre- test Percentage (%) Post –test Frequency Post –test Percentage (%)
 Attitude Score of Pre test and Post test

80

70

60

50
Poor
Fair
40
Good

30

20

10

0
Frequency Percentage Frequency Percentage
Pre test Post test
Respondents attitude
 DISCUSSION

This chapter deals with the discussion part according to the

results, obtained from statistical analysis based on the data of
the study, the reviewed literature, hypothesis which was
selected for the study. The present study was conducted to
evaluate the effectiveness of structured teaching programme
on knowledge and attitude regarding importance of Well
balanced diet among school age children in a Selected School
Sri ganganagar.”
 CONCLUSION

The present study assessed the knowledge regarding the

importance of well balanced diet among school aged children
and found that 58 (72.5%) of the subjects had inadequate
level of knowledge and 22 (27.5%) had moderate knowledge
and none had adequate knowledge. After the structured
teaching programme post-test showed that 34 (42.5%) had
moderate knowledge, 12 (15%) had adequate knowledge and
34 (42.5%) had inadequate knowledge.”
 SUMMARY

This study was undertaken to determine the effectiveness

of structured teaching programme on knowledge and
attitude regarding importance of Well Balanced Diet
among school age children.