View Article

Volume-12 Number-3, 2025 / Original Article

Effect of Planned Information Campaign Program on Knowledge Regarding Breast Cancer among Adolescent Girls at Selected Private School in Lucknow City of Northern India

Author:

Godhuli Ghosh

Department of Medical Surgical Nursing, Era College of Nursing, Era University, Lucknow, UP, India.

Abstract:

Background: The current study used the quantitative research methodology and was conducted in Chetna Public Inter College in Lucknow.

Methodology: A single-group pre-test post-test paradigm was used as a pre-experimental design. The study was based on the Ludwig Bertalannffy Theory model as the conceptual framework. The convenience sample of fifty participants was chosen based on the purposive sampling strategy. All subjects were informed of the study through written consent before the study was commenced. Data were gathered as a baseline through structured knowledge-assessment questions. The intervention was the planned informational campaign introduced and a post-assessment was administered after the completion of the seven days of intervention to measure the level of knowledge retention. The gathered data are structured and examined using both descriptive and inferential statistical methods.

Results: The statistical analysis indicates that 31 (62%) possessed acceptable knowledge, 19 (38%) exhibited intermediate knowledge, and 0 (0%) showed knowledge deficiency. The mean pre-test knowledge score was 7.5, and after giving Planed Information Campaign mean score increased to 14.14. The mean difference is 6.64.

Conclusion: The researchers concluded that there is a significant initial lack of knowledge regarding breast cancer among this demographic, but the Planned Informational Campaign was effective in improving knowledge scores.

Keywords:

Adolescent girls, Breast cancer, Effect-planned Information Campaign program, Knowledge.

License:

Links:

Download PDF

View in DOI 10.24041/ejmr.2025.37