Effectiveness of Video Teaching Programme on Knowledge about Anaemia among Countryside Children with Anaemia Gandhi Srinivasan Professor cum Principal, Tripurasundari College of Nursing, Tulakuna, Tripura West Online published on 21 November, 2019. Abstract Introduction Anaemia is a very common problem in paediatric age group in many developing countries with an estimated prevalence of 42.50% of the World's children. Schoolchildren constitute 22.20% of total population in India and they are more vulnerable to this disease due to their rapid growth need of high requirement of iron. Method Quantitative experimental approach with pre-test post-test design was adopted for the study. The main study was conducted among 150 Countryside children, 80 from Pallimaghal high school and 70 from Government H.S. School Ranir Bazar. The samples were selected by purposive sampling technique. The tools used were format for History collection and Physical examination, demographic Performa of the sample, knowledge questionnaire regarding anemia and Video teaching Programme on Anaemia. Results This study reveals that majority of Countryside children were anaemic.65.2 percentage of Countryside children had moderately adequate knowledge regarding anaemia before the Video teaching programme and 78.2% had adequate knowledge regarding anaemia after the Video teaching programme. The analysis of the data showed that the pre-test knowledge scores of the Countryside children are significantly higher than that of post test scores (t=12.576, p<0.00). This emphasizes that the structured Video Teaching programme was effective in improving the knowledge regarding anaemia. Further, there was no significant association between the pretest knowledge scores and selected demographic variables. Conclusion The study concluded that the structured Video teaching programme was effective in improving the knowledge of Countryside children regarding anaemia. Top Keywords Anaemia, knowledge, effectiveness, Countryside children, structured video teaching programme. Top |