A Study To Assess The Impact Of Module Based Teaching Programme On Knowledge And Attitude Regarding Associated Risk Factors Of Suicidal Ideation And Their Prevention Among Youths Of Selected Educational Institutions In Kota Rajsthan

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ABSTRACT newline newlineBackground: Cervical cancer ranks as the second most cause of female cancer deaths in India and is the second leading cause of cancer deaths in women aged 15 to 44 years in India. About 87% cervical cancer deaths occur in less developed regions. In India, it is assessed that there are 96,922 new cervical disease cases (9.19%) with an age- standardized incidence rate of 14.7/105 (higher than the rates observed in many other countries across the globe) and 60,078 cervical cancer deaths (8.4%) with a mortality rate of 9.2/105. Material and Methods: A quasi-experimental research design with pre and post-test as well as control group was used to assess Effectiveness of health awareness Educational Programme on knowledge and attitude towards cervical cancer among women from rural area of Didwana Dist. Nagaur, Rajasthan. The sample size consist 400 as 200 for case and 200 for control group. Results: Mean Value and Standard deviation of Pre-test knowledge among Experimental group is 14.7750 and 2.26717 while among control group is 14.4700 and 2.58116. In post-test, mean score of experimental group was 26.8450 and mean score of control group was 14.7450. Discussion and Conclusions: This study revealed that demographic variables such as age, religion, marital status, number of children, type of family, educational status, monthly family income, previous knowledge on cervical cancer, sources of information on cervical cancer and family history of cervical cancer have direct association with risk of cervical cancer. Our results also revealed that Awareness campaigns accompanied by state-wide and national level screening efforts are necessary to address the heavy burden of this disease in India. Simultaneously, the capacity of health systems across urban and rural India must also be built up in order to sufficiently and effectively screen and treat the women. newline newline newlineKeywords: Effectiveness, health awareness Educational Programme, knowledge and attitude, cervical cancer, women from rural area. newline newline