A pre-experimental study to evaluate the effectiveness of Planned Teaching Programme (PTP) on knowledge regarding good touch and bad touch among school children in selected schools of Kolhapur

Introduction: When a child is born to family, it brings bundle of joy, happiness and responsibility to the family, society and country. God given gift, the Children are the inheritance of the world. The rights of children which include the right to live, the right to health care, and the right to protection from economic and sexual exploitation, but now a day’s children are being abused and exploited in many ways which lead to many physical, social and psychological problems. When the victim is younger than the age of consent, it is referred to as sexual abuse.Methodology: The study utilized a quantitative, pre-experimental one-group pre-test and post-test design, with 60 school children selected through non-probability purposive sampling. A structured knowledge questionnaire assessed their understanding of good touch and bad touch, with tool reliability confirmed (r=89%). Data analysis included various statistical methods, showing the impact of the Planned Teaching Program provided.Results: The calculated paired’ value (tab=9.38) was greater than tabulated value (tab=1.68). Hence H1 is accepted. This indicates that the gain in knowledge score is statistically significant at P. While age, gender, type of family, religion education of father & mother does not show any significant association, Hence H2 is accepted. This indicates that there was significant association between pre-test knowledge scores and selected socio-demographic variables at 0.05 level of significance.Conclusion: The study revealed that the Planned Teaching Program (PTP) significantly increased knowledge among participants, as indicated by the paired ‘t’ test results. Additionally, a significant association was found between pre-test knowledge scores and selected socio-demographic variables through Chi-square analysis at the 0.05 level of significance.