A Study to Assess the Effectiveness of Information Communication Technology (ICT)Based Teaching Programme on Knowledge and Attitude Regarding Pubertal Health among Girls of Prepubertal Age Group of 9–14 Years in Selected Schools at Puducherry

Abstract

Puberty is a period of rapid change in stature and body composition with female’s sexual acceleration in linear growth velocity. The young girls are not improved psychologically to have the basic knowledge about the pubertal health. The objectives of the study were to assess the level of knowledge and attitude on pubertal health among girls of prepubertal age of 9–14 years, to evaluate the effectiveness of information communication technology (ICT) based teaching on pubertal health among girls of prepubertal age of 9–14 years and to find out the association between pre-test level of knowledge and attitude with selected demographic variables. The study was conducted in Government Higher Secondary School, Murungapakkam. 60 girls were selected through simple random sampling technique based on inclusion criteria. Demographic data was collected then a knowledge and attitude questionnaire was administered to all the samples, then the ICT-based teaching programme on pubertal health was given and after a week of interval post-test was conducted by the same questionnaire and analysis of the data was done. The result revealed that in post-test knowledge and attitude majority of the samples 50 (80.7%) had moderate knowledge and positive attitude towards pubertal health. In association, source of information had a significant association with knowledge at p<0.001 level.