Geetha, D (2014) Assess the effectiveness of video assisted teaching about hazards of plastics and its safe disposal among the housewives residing at selected urban area at Choolai in Chennai. Masters thesis, College of Nursing, Madras Medical College, Chennai.
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Abstract
Community health education services are an economical and powerful means of raising standard of community health, especially for the future generations. Community is considered as a best setting for the positive health and prevention of diseases, awakening health consciousness in which the country grows and develops. A pre experimental study was conducted to assess the effectiveness of video assisted teaching about hazards of plastics and its safe disposal among the housewives residing at selected urban area at Choolai in Chennai. Totally 100 housewives, those who met the inclusion and exclusion criteria were selected by convenient sampling technique. A pretest was conducted by using a structured questionnaire, followed by video assisted teaching program. After 7 days posttest was taken. The result of the posttest score revealed that the video assisted teaching program had its impact on improving the level of knowledge regarding hazards of plastic and its safe disposal among housewives. The overall mean score of pre-test was 10.46 with the S.D. 3.84, whereas in post-test the overall mean score was 17.98 with S.D. 1.74. The t-test value was 24.03 which is statistically significant at p<0.005 level of significance. After video assisted teaching program none of the housewives were having inadequate knowledge, 19.0% of them were having moderate knowledge and 81% of them were having adequate knowledge and the score is statistically highly significant (p=0. 001). The study finding implied that the education had a vital role in improving the knowledge of housewives regarding hazards of plastic and its safe disposal. Housewives play a vital role in family and in community and what they learn is likely to be applied during the rest of their lives thereby they can bring a big change for a better future.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Masters) |
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| Additional Information: | (Reg.No.301226153) |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | effectiveness ; video assisted teaching ; hazards of plastics ; safe disposal ; housewives ; ; urban area ; Choolai ; Chennai. |
| Subjects: | NURSING > Community Health Nursing |
| Depositing User: | Subramani R |
| Date Deposited: | 13 Sep 2018 15:31 |
| Last Modified: | 22 Dec 2018 15:29 |
| URI: | http://repository-tnmgrmu.ac.in/id/eprint/9557 |
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