Effectiveness of Self Instructional Module (SIM) on Knowledge Regarding Prevention of Cervical Cancer among Women at Selected Village, Tamil Nadu

Abstract

Aim: to assess the effectiveness of self -instructional module (SIM) on knowledge regarding prevention of cervical cancer among women\nObjectives\n\nTo assess the pretest and post test level of knowledge of women regarding cervical cancer.\nTo assess the effectiveness of self -instructional module on cervical cancer among women at Villupuram.\nTo find association between the post- tests knowledge scores with selected Socio-Demographic variables among women.\nMethods & Material: A quantitative research approach-Pre-experimental one group pretest and post- test design was adopted. 50 samples were selected for the study by using non probability convenient sampling technique.\nResults: The pretest mean 9.28 with the standard deviation of 2.23 and the post-test mean 21.62 with the standard deviation of 2.3; the mean difference between pretest and post-test is 12.34and standard error is 0.45. the paired ‘t test value is 27.3 which is highly significant and it indicates that the Self instructional Module Improved the level of knowledge regarding cervical cancer among the women. Hence hypothesis H1 is accepted. The findings shows that there is no significant association between the knowledge of cervical cancer among women with selected socio demographic variables.\nConclusion: The study concluded that, self-instructional module (SIM) on prevention of cervical cancer was effective in improving the knowledge level among women.\nKeywords: Cervical Cancer, Self instructional Module.