“A Study to Assess the Effectiveness of Preventive Education Programme on Knowledge and Attitude Regarding Teenage Pregnancy among Students in Selected Govt. School of Dadra and Nagar Haveli.”

ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION: World health organization define; adolescence is a period of life between 10 to 19 years. It is an important and sensitive period in the life of an individual. Pregnancy in every young woman is generally considered to be a very high-risk event because teenage girls are physically and psychologically immature for reproduction. Complications that may occur during a teen pregnancy include anaemia, toxaemia, high blood pressure, placenta previa and premature birth of the baby. Ongoing medical care is crucial to prevent these complications from threatening the pregnancy and the mother's wellbeing1. AIM: To assess the effectiveness of knowledge and attitude regarding teenage pregnancy among students. METHODOLOGY: Quasi-experimental, pre-test post-test one group research design with non-probability, purposive sampling technique was used to selected 100 students falls in inclusion criteria, data was collected through demographic variables, structure knowledge questionnaire (25) and Likert scale (10). Validity and reliability was established. Pre-test was conducted followed by preventive education programme regarding teenage pregnancy and after 7 days post-test was conducted. RESULT: The data obtained were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. Calculated paired ‘t’ test in knowledge was (t(99,0.05)=22.65,P < 0.05) and in attitude calculated paired ‘t’ test is (t(99,0.05)= 11.93, P < 0.05). Present study findings shows that there is an association between pretest level of knowledge and educational level of mother ((χ2(3,0.05)=10.27,0.036;p>0.05). hence research hypothesis is accepted at 0.05 level of significance for pre-test level of knowledge. (For education level of mother) And there is a association between pre-test level of attitude does not have adequate support to accept at 0.05 level of significant. CONCLUSION: Present study shows that preventive education programme regarding teenage pregnancy among students was effective method for increasing the knowledge and attitude regarding teenage pregnancy.