TO STUDY THE EFFECTIVENESS OF STRUCTURED TEACHING PROGRAMME ON KNOWLEDGE REGARDING CERVICAL CANCER AMONG WOMEN IN SANGANER DISTRICT, JAIPUR.

Background: Most of the women keep struggling with cervical cancer because of barriers such as early detection and timely treatment which can be changed by adequate knowledge about the disease. Aim: To asses effectiveness of Structured teaching programme (STP) on knowledge regarding cervical cancer among women in Sanganer district, Jaipur. Objective: To assess pre-test and post-test knowledge regarding cervical cancer among women and find out association between knowledge regarding cervical cancer with their selected demographic variables. Methodology: The design explains one group pre test post test design, quasi experimental design to measure the effectiveness of the structured teaching programme on knowledge regarding cervical cancer among rural women in selected area of Jaipur. Result: Findings of study reveals that mean pre test knowledge score about cervical cancer is 9.65 and post test mean knowledge score is 17.87, structured teaching programme was found to be effective in increasing the knowledge regarding cervical cancer. No significant relationship was found between knowledge regarding cervical cancer and selected demographic variables in Pre test but in post test significant association between education and knowledge score were found. So more educated people had more knowledge score in post test.