International Journal of Healthcare Sciences ISSN 2348-5728 (Online) Vol. 8, Issue 1, pp: (42-52), Month: April 2020 - September 2020, Available at: www.researchpublish.com
Effectiveness of Self-Instructional Module about Life Skills Education on the Level of Life Skills among Early Adolescent Students of Selected Schools in Bengaluru, Karnataka Priyanka Gupta1,2, Sharmila Jayapalan3, Sowmya A. Vasanthakumar4, and Shivaleela P. Upashe4* 1
College of Nursing Sciences, Dayananda Sagar University,Kumaraswamy Layout, Bengaluru-560078, Karnataka, India 2
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ESIC Nursing College, 7th Main Rd, Cambridge Layout, Indiranagar, Bengaluru-560008, Karnataka, India
Department of Psychiatric Nursing, College of Nursing Sciences, Dayananda Sagar University, Kumaraswamy Layout, Bangalore-560 078, Karnataka, India
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Department of Child Health Nursing, College of Nursing Sciences, Dayananda Sagar University, Kumaraswamy Layout, Bengaluru-560078, Karnataka, India Corresponding author email*: spupashe@gmail.com
Abstract: Life skill education programs have been found to be empowering adolescents from economically backward sections of society and they have been adopted to target several objectives among adolescent girls. The objectives of this programme are to promote awareness of the world around them, create awareness on growing issues, enhance mobility, empower to express their opinion as well as the promotion of egalitarian participation in decisions that affect their lives, developing vocational skills and saving mentality in them. The general objective of this study was to assess the effectiveness of the self-instructional module (SIM) about life skills education on the level of life skills among early adolescent students in selected schools in a Bengaluru. This study adopted a single group pre-test and post-test quasi-experimental design. The study participants were selected by a simple random sampling technique, consisting of sixty samples from 9 th and 10th standard students of St. Phillomena and Bloosom School in a Bengaluru. The tool consisting of socio-demographic data and life skills scale was given to assess the effectiveness of the SIM about life skills education administering the same questionnaire to assess the post-test. The overall mean post-test level score regarding life skills education (193.34) was significantly higher than the overall mean pre-test level (161.43) score regarding life skills education score. The obtained t-value was found to be 5.714, which was significantly higher (p<0.05) than the table value. There was a significant (p<0.05) association found between the pre-test score with the gender of the students. Keywords: Effectiveness, Planned Teaching Program, Knowledge, Bio-medical Waste Management.
I. INTRODUCTION Adolescence is the developmental phase between childhood and adulthood characterized by rapid changes in physical, psychological, moral, and cognitive growth. It is the period when a child moves from dependency to autonomy [1]. Approximately 1-2 billion adolescents worldwide, about 85% are living in developing countries and the remaining live in the industrialized world. In India, 190 million adolescents are constituting around 16 to 20% of the population. In Karnataka, there are around 3.1 million adolescents, in which 1.6 million are male and 1.4 million are female [2]. Adolescence is often described as a phase of life that begins with biology and ends in society. The experience of adolescents during teenage would vary considerably according to the cultural and social values of the network of social identities they grow in [3]. This requires the development of adequate competencies in them which would help them sail
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