A PRE EXPERIMENTAL STUDY TO ASSESS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF STRUCTURED TEACHING PROGRAMME REGARDING KNOWLEDGE ON AYUSHMAN BHARAT HEALTH ACCOUNT (ABHA) AMONG PEOPLE RESIDING IN SELECTED AREAS OF DEHRADUN DISTRICT, UTTRAKHAND

Ayushman Bharat Health Account (ABHA): Empowering Individuals for Better Healthcare Ayushman Bharat Health Account is a government initiative launched in 2018 with the aim of providing financial protection to families for secondary and tertiary care hospitalization. The present research project is, A pre experimental study to assess the effectiveness of structured teaching programme regarding Ayushman Bharat Health Account (ABHA) among people residing in selected areas of Dehradun District, Uttarakhand. The objective of the study was to assess the knowledge regarding ABHA among people, To evaluate the effectiveness of structured teaching programme on knowledge regarding ABHA among people and also to associate the pre-test knowledge regarding ABHA among people with their selected demographic variables. Methodology: A quantitative evaluative research approach with a pre-experimental (one group pretest- posttest) design was adopted, the setting of the study was people nearby Nehru gram PHC, Dehradun. The sample size was 60, who were selected by random sampling technique. A Structured Self- administered questionnaire which consist of 30 objective type questions was used to assess the knowledge of the people. The investigator involved the people on Structured Teaching Programme regarding ABHA by using a Power-point slide presentation followed with pre-test. On same day, the post test was conducted. The collected data were analyzed by using both descriptive and inferential statistical methods, and interpretations were made based on the objectives of the study. Findings:The study findings revealed that during Pre-test, most of the people 52 (86.66 %) had inadequate knowledge, whereas 06 (10 %) people have moderately adequate knowledge and very few 02 (3.34 %) of them had adequate knowledge regarding ABHA. During posttest, most of the people numbering 57 (95.00 %) were having adequate knowledge, whereas 03 (05.00 %) people have Moderately adequate knowledge and none of them had inadequate knowledge regarding ABHA. The mean score during pre-test was 6.383 ± 2.88 and the mean score during posttest was 25.97 ± 3.05. The pairedt value was 39.09 which was significant at p ≤ 0.05 level. Thus it shows that the structured teaching programme was effective in improving knowledge regarding ABHA among people. The study concluded that the structured teaching programme was effective.