Effectiveness Of Structured Teaching Programme on Knowledge Regarding Breast Self-Examination Among the Selected Teachers in Coimbatore District

Abstract

Breast cancer is the second most common cancer which is normally happening among the women worldwide. It can be detected at an early stage through Breast Self-Examination as it is the main tool for early detection of breast cancer in developing countries because of its simplicity, applicability and cost effectiveness. The study aims to assess the level of knowledge on Breast Self-Examination among the teachers of Mary Rani Primary English Medium School at Gandhipuram in Coimbatore District. Quasi-experimental one group pretest posttest design was adopted for the respondents in the study. 30 teachers were selected between the age group of 20 to 55 years by using the convenience sampling technique. The result showed that, the mean knowledge score gained by women in the pretest was 18.1 and the mean posttest score gained was 28.5. The calculated‘t’ value is 16.7 and table value is 3.29 at 0.001 level of significance which indicates that the Structured Teaching Programme was effective among the respondents.