A Study to Assess the Effectiveness of Structured Teaching Programme on Knowledge Regarding Prevention of Protein Energy Malnutrition among G. N. M.2nd Year Student of Health and Hygiene Nursing Institute at Alwar

Effectiveness Of Structured Teaching Programme On Knowledge Regarding Prevention Of Protein Energy Malnutrition Among G. N. M.2 nd Year Student Of Health And Hygiene Institute At To assess the pre intervention knowledge of GNM 2nd year student regarding P. E. M. Objectives: To assess the effectiveness of structured teaching programme on PEM. To compare the difference between the pretest score and post test score. To associate the post intervention knowledge regarding PEM with selected socio demographic variable. Methodology: An evaluatory approach with one group pre -test post -test design was used on 50 Students through convenient sampling. Results: The findings pre test showed that about 42 (84%) students had poor knowledge & after STP 43 (86%) have good knowledgeThe overall knowledge score mean percentage was 8.14% in pre test and post test mean percentage was 24.8%.It shows that the post test knowledge score mean percentage was greater than the pre test knowledge score.This indicates that the structured teaching programme was effective in improving knowledge regarding Prevention of PEM (Protein Energy Malnutrition) among GNM 2 nd year students.