A STUDY TO ASSESS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF PLANNED TEACHING PROGRAMME ON KNOWLEDGE REGARDING PREVENTION OF CERVICAL CANCER BY VACCINATION AMONG FEMALE FACULTY AT SELECTED UNIVERSITY ASSAM

Cervical cancer is the 2nd most common cancer of women worldwide as well in India with estimation 123,000 new cases and 67,500 deaths reported by GLOBALCON-2014 and 453.02 millions of women at risk within the age group 15 to 44 years. The objectives of the study to determine the effectiveness of planned teaching programme on regarding knowledge prevention of cervical cancer by vaccination among female faculty at selected university Assam. To identify the association between pre test knowledge and selected demographic variables Method: Pre-experimental study was conducted among female faculty at selected university Assam. Non-probability convenience technique was used to select 40 samples. A structured questionnaire with multiple choices was used for data collection and data analysis was performed by using descriptive and inferential statistics. Results: The results showed that the gain in knowledge score was significant at 0.05 level of significance and calculated paired?t? value was 6, which was more than the tabulated paired ?t? value 1.68. There was an association between the pre test knowledge and age, marital status, received HPV vaccine but no association was found with age of marriage, educational level and willingness of receiving the vaccine. Conclusion: The findings of present study suggested that there was an effectiveness of a planned teaching programme on prevention of cervical cancer by vaccination among female faculty at selected university Assam.