Effect of Structured Teaching Program on Knowledge regarding Impact of Teenage Pregnancy among teenage girls in selected Higher Secondary Schools, Murshidabad

Teenage pregnancy is now a genuine problem in whole world, specially in the developing countries like India. India is coming under the highest rates of early marriage and teenage pregnancy. At rural India 40% of girls, aged 15 to 19 years are married and 50% of married girls aged 15 to 19 had at least one child. Studies showed that the teenage girls don't even have the knowledge on the impact on teenage pregnancy on maternal health. Therefore, it is important to assess the knowledge of the teenage girls regarding impact of Teenage pregnancy.

To assess the effect of structured teaching program on knowledge regarding Impact of Teenage Pregnancy among teenage girls and to identify the association between socio-demographic variables and knowledge regarding Impact of Teenage Pregnancy among teenage girls.

A quantitative approach with one group pre-test post-test design was adopted out of 60 teenage girls in selected Higher Secondary Schools, Murshidabad. The pre-test was carried out and then structured teaching program was given. The main effects were measured in enhancement knowledge level doing post-test after 7 days of structured teaching program given.

The pretest results revealed that majority of participants (81.7%, n = 49) had moderate knowledge regarding teenage pregnancy, while 10.0% (n = 6) demonstrated adequate knowledge, and 8.3% (n = 5) had inadequate knowledge before the intervention. In contrast, the posttest results showed a substantial improvement in knowledge levels. Following the educational intervention, adequate knowledge increased significantly to 31.7% (n = 19), while those with moderate knowledge 68.3% (n = 41). It was also showed residence of the participants had a statistically significant association with their pretest knowledge level (χ² = 10.127, df = 4, p = 0.038) and the occupation of the father was found to have a statistically significant association with the posttest knowledge levels (χ² = 9.384, df = 3, p = 0.025).

The study findings concluded that the structured teaching program is useful in enhancing the knowledge level of teenage girls on Impact of Teenage pregnancy.