A Study to Evaluate the Effectiveness of Structure Teaching Programme on Knowledge Regarding Prevention of Dengue Fever among Adults (20-40 Years) in Selected Rural Area, Nashik (M.S)

The research approach used was evaluative approach. The research design selected for the study was a quasi- experimental design. The setting was selected rural areas of Maharashtra. The sample includes 60 adults (20-40 years), sampling technique was used simple random sampling. The Structured interview technique was used to collect data from samples. The pilot study was conducted with 6 samples. Reliability was established by Guttamann split half method. Data was analysed by using descriptive and inferential statistics. results Majority of 22 (36.67 %) subjects were between age group of 20-25 years. Majority 31 (51.67 %) of subjects were females. Majority 37 (61.67 %) of subjects belongs to joint families. Majority 21 (35.00 %) of subjects belongs to secondary educational group. Majority 26 (43.33 %) were unemployed. Majority 27 (45.00 %) of subjects have monthly income 8001-10, 000. Majority 59 (98.33 %) of subjects have open drainage system. Majority 39 (65.00 %) of subjects were not having any source of information. Highly significance difference found between the pre -test and post- test knowledge scores at the level of (P