“A STUDY TO ASSESS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF INFORMATION BOOKLET ON KNOWLEDGE REGARDING THE PREVENTION OF CERVICAL CANCER AMONG GNM STUDENTS IN SELECTED NURSING COLLEGESATKANPUR UP”

Abstract

Cervical cancer is a growth of cells that starts in the cervix. The cervix is the lower part of the uterus that connects to the vagina. Cervical cancer associate with human papilloma virus in women. it works by initiating a mild infection to stimulate the body's immune system to produce antibodies to protect against any future infections. a quasi-experimental study was conducted to assess the effectiveness of information booklet on knowledge regarding prevention of cervical cancer among GNM students in selected nursing colleges. A total 100 samples were collected by using non- probability purposive sampling technique through selfstructured knowledge questionnaire, the data collected and analyzed and descriptive on inferential statistics. The results of the study showed that post-test mean score (21.5) was high when compared to the pre-test mean score at (13.91). the obtained “t” value 17.44 was
greater than t-value (2.00) &which was p<0.05 level which shows significance differences between pre- test and post-test level of knowledge hence the formulated research hypothesis h1 was accepted. The test revealed that there was no significant association of knowledge with selected demographic variables such as source of information so there were significant with association with, age group, religion, mother qualification, habits, age of menarche, health access, type of family, family monthly income, previous knowledge, but there was no significant with other selected demographic variables, were found no significant at <0.05 level of significance. the study concluded that information book let was effective and improve knowledge regarding prevention of the cervical cancer among GNM students