A STUDY TO ASSESS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF FLEX AND DEMONSTRATION TECHNIQUE OF HAND WASHING AMONG SCHOOLCHILDREN IN SELECTED AIDED SCHOOL IN JALANDHAR, PUNJAB, INDIA.

Objectives-: 1. To assess the pre interventional level in both interventional and control group. 2. To provide intervention (with the help of ex and demonstration) to the interventional group. 3. To assess the post level in both interventional and control group. 4. To compare the outcome both interventional and control group. Methods: A simple randomized control trial was conducted at selected aided school, involving 70 students of 7 to 10 year age group. The students were divided into two groups i.e. interventional and control group having 35 students in each group. Results: The present study results revealed that Pre intervention mean+SD for experimental group was 15.45+1.14 and was 15.26+1.61 for control group. Post intervention mean+SD for experimental group 10.35+1.55 and for control group was 11.38+1.39. Results reveals that t value in experimental group was 14.759 at df 34 with p value 0.001 and 22.435 at df 34 with p value 0.001 in experimental and control group which is found to be signicant at p=0.005. Conclusion: The study revealed that there is signicant increase in knowledge among students in international group as compared to control group.