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Impact of educational programmes on the health and dietary practices of the wokers of sewage fram in Thiruvananthapuram Corporation
A study entitled the' Impact of educational programmes on the health and dietary practices of the workers of sewage farm in Thiruvananthapuram Corporation' was conducted to evaluated the impact of educational programmes on the knowledge and adoption of health and dietary practices by t...
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Vellayani
Department of Home Science, College of Agriculture
2000
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| Summary: | A study entitled the' Impact of educational programmes on the health
and dietary practices of the workers of sewage farm in Thiruvananthapuram
Corporation' was conducted to evaluated the impact of educational
programmes on the knowledge and adoption of health and dietary practices by
the workers of sewage farm in Thiruvananthapuram and also to find out the
comparative effectiveness of the selected teaching methods.
The study was carried out in Valiathura ward in Thiruvananthapuram
Corporation where the sewage farm is situated. Two selected visual aids viz.,
flashcards and slides, were tested for their effectiveness. The subjects
selected to teach the respondents were Balanced diet, deficiency diseases,
environmental sanitation and diarrhoea-reasons and remedies.
Hundred
families of sewage workers belonging to the defined area form the study
sample. The experimental group consisted of 56 women sewage workers.
The four groups were exposed to all the selected topics at one week interval
using the selected teaching methods.
Gain in knowledge, retention in knowledge and the adoption of gained
knowledge on health, hygiene and dietary practices are the dependent
variables. Age, family size, type of family, annual income, educational status
of the respondent and family, mass media contact, dietary practices, physical
facility available in the family and health profile were selected as independent
variables.
The results revealed that the educational programme had significant
impact on the knowledge and adoption of health and dietary practices by the
workers of sewage farm. The gain in knowledge and retention was more on
the topic deficiency diseases. The treatment II i.e., lecture + flashcard was
the most effective method in terms of gain in knowledge where as the
combination of all contributed the maximum to retention of knowledge. The
knowledge adoption was also more on the topic deficiency diseases and the
adoption was more in the respondents, who were exposed to treatment II i.e.,
lecture +flashcard.
The analysis of correlation coefficient revealed that the age and family
size of the respondents were not correlated significantly, in the case of gain in
knowledge, retention of knowledge and adoption. Income of the respondent
was significantly and negatively correlated with the retention of knowledge.
The educational status of the respondent was significantly and positively
correlated with the retention of knowledge. The mass media participation of
the respondent was positively correlated with gain and retention of
knowledge. There was no significant relationship between the dependent
variables and the total physical facility available in the family. Change in
food consumption pattern on various physiological conditions have significant
positive association with the retention of knowledge.
The relative effectiveness of the selected teaching methods revealed
that there was significant difference between the selected four methods of
teaching. The lecture method in combination with selected visual aids have
more influence on the gain, retention and adoption of
compared with the lecture method alone.
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