Abstract

A study to assess the effectiveness of structured teaching programme on knowledge regarding prevention of HIV/AIDS among the adults in Goaljan, Berhampore, Murshidabad. The objectives of the study are to assess the level of knowledge regarding prevention of HIV/AIDS among the adults, to evaluate the effectiveness of structured teaching programme on knowledge regarding HIV/AIDS among the adults, and to find the association between the level of knowledge regarding prevention of HIV/AIDS among the adults with their selected socio-demographic variables. In this study, an evaluative research approach was used, and one-group pretest-posttest research design was selected. 100 samples are selected by using non-probability convenience sampling technique. The reliability of the tool was established by Spearman's Brown formula where (r=0.92). The pretest was conducted by using self-administered structured questionnaire followed by structured teaching programme after 7 days. The result of the present study, in the pretest, adequate knowledge level is 1%, moderate knowledge level is 5%, poor knowledge level is 87%, and in the posttest, adequate knowledge level is 30%, moderate knowledge level is 63%, poor knowledge level is 7%. Pair t-test value is 22.84 for (99) at 0.05 level of significance.