RESEARCH ABSTRACT: Background: Skin Diseases are the health conditions that affect the skin and cause symptoms like rashes, itching and inflammation depending on the specific type of disease. Aims: The study aims to assess the effectiveness of Planned Teaching Program on Knowledge and Attitude regarding prevention of Skin Disorders among the Staff in selected orphanages. Methodology: Quasi-experimental one group pre-test-post-test research design was applied for this study. A total of 96 sample was obtained by using non-probability convenience sampling technique. The tools used for data collection were demographic variables, knowledge questionnaire and 5-point Likert Scale. Results: The mean score of pre-test Knowledge was 13.19 ± 3.35 and Attitude was 62.44 ± 3.72 and the mean score of post-test Knowledge was 27.47 ± 3.12 and Attitude was 83.37 ± 5.21. The calculated value of “r” = 0.263 shows a poor positive correlation between Knowledge and Attitude and the p value p=0.010 was statistically significant at p<0.05 level. In association of Knowledge, the demographic variables age (p=0.038), educational qualification (p=0.010) and place of residence (2=4.030, p=0.045) had statistically significant association at p<0.05 level. In association of Attitude, the demographic variables did not show statistically significant at p<0.05 level. Conclusion: The Planned Teaching Program was an effective teaching method for increasing the awareness on the prevention of Skin Disorders. There was evident increase in the Knowledge and Attitude level of the Staff of the orphanages following implementation of Planned Teaching Program on prevention of Skin Disorders.
Talukdar et al. (Thu,) studied this question.