Effectiveness of Structured Teaching Program on Knowledge Regarding Menstrual Blood Stem Cells Banking among Nursing Students

A study to assess the effectiveness of structured teaching program on knowledge regarding menstrual blood stem cells banking among nursing students in selected nursing colleges of Guwahati ,Assam” Background of the study:. Menstrual blood stem cell banking is a process of collection and storage of menstrual blood under required condition for the purpose of future therapeutic use.Aims and Objectives:-To determine the effectiveness of structured teaching program on menstrual blood stem cells banking among nursing students in selected nursing colleges of Guwahati, Assam.Method:195 B .Sc nursing students from selected nursing colleges of Guwahati; Assam ;by consecutive sampling technique. A structured questionnaire was used to assess the pre test and post test knowledge score . Structured teaching program was conducted after administering the pre test and post test was administered after one week for each participant. Data was analyzed by software SPSS 20 version . Results: The findings of the study revealed that, Majority (75%) of students were under age group of 21-23years. 89.24% of students were female. The median of post test knowledge score (17)also higher than the median of pre test knowledge score(11) of menstrual blood stem cells banking , the post test score ( SD =2.13) also seemed to be less dispersed than the pre test score(SD=2.24) of menstrual blood stem cells banking. Further paired ‘t’ test was done to determine the effectiveness of structured teaching program , where t value was -23.708 and p =.000 level is highly significant at 0.05 level of significance. Also there was significant association of pre test knowledge scores on menstrual blood stem cells banking with type of family and family income at 0.05 level of significance Conclusion: This study shows that planned teaching program was very effective in improving the knowledge regarding menstrual blood stem cells banking among nursing students