Effect of Activity Based Adolescence Education on Awareness of Students Related to Adolescent Reproductive Health at Secondary Level

Abstract

This study was undertaken to study the effect of activity based adolescence education on awareness of secondary school students, basically boys and girls as well as rural and urban regarding adolescent reproductive health (ARH). The data was collected by self made standardized awareness test on ARH which seized sixty multiple choice test items with four responses in which one was correct. Experimental pretestposttest equivalent group design was used in which out of 204 students 102 were selected in control and 102 in experimental group from two different schools. Pre-test was administered in both the groups followed by intervention through different kind of activities to experimental group whereas control group was taught in conventional way. After the intervention, post-test was administered in both the groups. Pre-test and post-test scores were calculated and analysed by mean, standard deviation and t-test. Result revealed that there was significant difference between mean gain scores of experimental and control group on awareness and no significant difference between boys and girls as well as rural and urban adolescents with regard to awareness on adolescent reproductive health when taught through activity based teaching method.