A study to develop and evaluate the effectiveness of a school based educational programme on knowledge and attitude regarding HPV (Human Papilloma Virus) infection & it’s prevention among adolescent school girls of selected schools of Vadodara.

This study was conducted to assess effectiveness of school based educational programme on Knowledge and Attitude regarding Human Papilloma Virus Infection & it’s prevention. The target population for the study was school going adolescence girls in selected schools of Vadodara and in this study Adolescent age is early adolescent 10-14 years and middle adolescent 15-17 years has been preferred. The School Based Educational Program was prepared and conducted focusing on introduction, definition, sign and symptoms of HPV infection, causes of HPV infection and prevention of HPV Infection. A quantitative research approach with Quasi -experimental research design was adopted for the study. A total 80 samples were selected by simple random sampling technique. Data was collected using structured knowledge questionnaire & likert scale. A structured knowledge questionnaire was used to assess the knowledge, and likert scale was used to assess the attitude on HPV (human papilloma virus) infection & it’s prevention. The data were collected and analyzed using both descriptive and inferential statistics to find out the significant difference between the pre-test and post-test knowledge and Attitude scores. Mean pre-test knowledge score was 8.7±3.23 and mean post-test knowledge score was 20.82±3.76 with mean difference of 12.12 and (“t”value-24.42, df-79) was found statistically highly significant at p<0.05. Mean pre-test attitude score was 44.96±7.34 and mean post-test attitude score was 71.59±12.49 with mean difference of 26.63 and (t = 30.81, df-79) was found statistically highly significant at p<0.05. Findings revealed that School Based Educational Program was effective in improving positive attitude of school going adolescent girls regarding human papilloma virus infection and its prevention.