A STUDY TO ASSESS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF PLANNED TEACHING PROGRAM ON COMPLEMENTARY FEEDING AMONG STUDENTS OF B.SC STUDENTS AT SELECTED NURSING COLLEGE OF GREATER NOIDA, UP

A Research study title A study to assess the effectiveness of planned teaching program on complementary feeding among students of B.Sc. Nursing at selected Nursing college of Greater Noida, UP. The objectives of the study were to assess the knowledge regarding complementary feeding among students of B.Sc. Nursing at selected Nursing colleges, to assess the effectiveness of planned teaching programme on complementary feeding among B.Sc. Nursing students, To find the association between level of knowledge with in the selected demographic variables. A Quantitative Research approach was used and the research design adopted for the present study was Quasi experimental design, one group pre and post-test. The target population for the study was the B.Sc. Nursing students in selected Nursing colleges. Sample size was 60 data analysis was done by the basis of objective and hypothesis ofstudy. This study was carried out on 60 B.Sc. Nursing students of 1st yr. studying in different Nursing colleges. The aim of this study was to evaluate impact of and planned teaching program for students knowledge and practice about complementary feeding. The data was collected using two tools Structured questionnaire sheet which is consisted of 24 questions related tosocio- demographiccharacteristics,andknowledgeaboutcomplementary feeding,thepost-test knowledge scores showed a significant difference majority of them 51(85%) gained good knowledge, and 15 percent (9) gained average knowledge, which showed that planned teaching programme on complementary feeding among B. Sc. Nursing students was effective. Statistically significant improvements of students knowledge and practice about complementary feeding Therefore, it can be concluded from the results of the present study that this planned teaching program for students had a positive impact on their level of knowledge.