A Study to Assess the Effectiveness of a Planned Teaching Program on Knowledge regarding Prevention of Female Feticide among Eligible couples

Abstract

Today, a women is very uncertain about her very existence. She is always unsure about her life because she is always at a risk of being crushed at any moment. No place is safe for women, not even in their mother's wombs. In India the status of girl child reflect serious gender based differences, inequalities and discrimination. The purpose of this research was to give a planned teaching program on knowledge regarding prevention of female feticide among eligible couples1 Objectives are to assess the pre-test level of knowledge regarding female feticide among eligible couple, to assess the post-test level of knowledge regarding prevention of female feticide among eligible couples, to assess the post-test level of knowledge regarding prevention of female feticide among eligible couples, to find out the effectiveness of planned teaching program me on prevention of female feticide among eligible couple and to associate the post-test level of knowledge regarding prevention of female feticide among eligible couple with their related demographic variables. Quasi experimental research design is used to assess the level of knowledge among eligible couples. The findings were that the assess the effectiveness of a planned teaching program on knowledge regarding prevention of female feticide among eligible couples revealed that to pre-test level of knowledge reveals that among thirty samples 12(40%) eligible couples had inadequate knowledge, 18(60%) had moderate knowledge, 0(0%) had adequate knowledge with regard to post test level of knowledge revealed that among thirty samples 2(6.6%) have inadequate knowledge 21(70%) having moderate knowledge and remaining 7(23.3%) had adequate knowledge about prevention of female feticide.