A Study to Assess the Effectiveness of Health Teaching for Management of Dog Bite among Adults Residing in Selected Slums of PCMC Area in Pune City
Journal Title: Journal of Nursing Today - Year 2016, Vol 2, Issue 1
Abstract
A quasi experimental study to assess the effectiveness of health teaching regarding management of dog bite among adults residing in selected slums of PCMC in Pune city was conducted by Mr. Subhash Sharma. The objectives of the study were 1) To assess the knowledge level regarding management of dog bite among adults residing in selected slums of PCMC in Pune city. 2) To assess the effectiveness of health teaching regarding management of dog bite among adults residing in selected slums of PCMC in Pune city. 3) To find an association between the level of knowledge of adults and selected demographic variables. As per Rosenberg Health Belief Model conceptual framework was made which include the four construct representing the perceived threat and net benefits; perceived susceptibility, perceived severity, perceived benefits, and perceived barriers. The quasi-experimental one group pre test post test research design was used for the study; the group consisted of 60 samples that were selected on the basis of the sampling criteria and non probability convenient sampling technique set for the study. A structured interview schedule was the type of tool developed by investigator to explicit information from adults. The tool was finalized and both the tool and the heath teaching were translated into Marathi and the pilot study was done on 10 samples at Balajinagar slums where the samples are similar to Gavalimatha slums. Thus, the feasibility of the study was established. The content validity of the tool was determined by 20 experts. The value of reliability coefficient was (.84%), which suggested that the tool is highly reliable. The data collection for the main study was conducted from November 2nd to December 2nd 2009 in Gavalimatha slums of PCMC in Pune city. Based on the objectives and the hypotheses the collected data was analyzed by using descriptive and inferential statistics. The tests used were calculation of frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation,‘t’ test and the ANOVAs. The level of significance set for testing the hypothesis was 0.05. Major findings of the study were: In the experimental group of the study, majority (30%) of the adults fall in the age group of 29-38 Years. The demographic data of the study also reveals that greater part (38.3%) of adults had an educational status of secondary level and among which 57% were house wives and the (55%) bulk of them earned Rs. 3001 – 5000/ month and hardly 13% of them earned above Rs. 5000 & above. The presence of pet dog was only (15%) while (20%) had experience of dog bite and experience of dog bite in family members were (15%) and (13.3%) had taken anti rabies vaccination. Paired ‘t’ test was applied to know whether this increase in mean knowledge score was statically significant, Since ‘P’ value was less than 0.05 (P value= 0.001) investigator can concluded at 5% level of significance and 59 degree of freedom that there was significant change in mean knowledge score, which means that Health teaching on management of dog bite was effective. The ‘p’ value calculated to find out the association between the selecteddemographic variables and an increase in knowledge level was <<0.05**, with relation to age and income. This suggested that there was significant association between increase in knowledge level and demographic variables. This was done by applying ANOVAs &‘t’ test. On the basis of the findings of the study, it is recommended that: A similar study can be done on a larger sample. A study can be conducted to assess the knowledge and practice regarding management of dog bite among adults. A comparative study can be done between urban slums and rural slums. A study may be conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of planned health teaching versus other methods of health teaching on the similar problem. A study can be done on association between various demographic variables, which were significant, on larger samples.
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Subhash Sharma
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