Effectiveness of Planned Teaching Programme on Knowledge Regarding Leucorrhoea among Adolescent Girls (12-18 Years) in Selected Government Schools of Shimla, H.P.

Background: Reproductive health is recognized as one of the most significant components of family welfare. Adolescent age is the most important period in reproductive health because the maturity of human reproductive organ happens in this period. Women all over the world at some point in their life experience excessive vaginal discharge. Leucorrhoea results from the mucus secreted from the walls of the cervix and vagina. Leucorrhoea is one of the major burdens of diseases in developing countries including infections caused by any combination of physiologic and pathologic factors. Methods and Material: Non-randomized control group pre-test post-test design was used with sample size 80 selected by convenience sampling technique. Data was collected by self -structured knowledge questionnaires. Planned teaching programme was administered. Results: The result of study finding revealed that in pre-test knowledge of experimental group, none of the subjects scored in the very good range (40%) fell within the good range and majority of subjects, (60%) scored in the fair range. In post-test knowledge of experimental group (62.5%) achieved scores in the very good range the number of subjects with good knowledge scores (37.5%) and none of the subjects in fair knowledge scores. In pre-test knowledge of control group, none of the subjects had very good knowledge scores, (30%), had good knowledge scores and (70%), had fair knowledge scores. In post-test knowledge of control group, none of the subjects scored in the very good range (32.5%) achieved scores in the good range and majority of subjects (67.5%) fell within the fair range. It was found that there is significant improvement in knowledge scores within the experimental group with mean pretest score 10.20 and mean post test score 21.38. There is significant association between the post-knowledge score and demographic variable family income of experimental group and in control group there was significant association between knowledge score and demographic variable educational qualification of mothers. Conclusion:The study concluded that the Planned teaching programme was found effective in improving the knowledge score regarding Leucorrhoea among adolescent girls.