Effect of Health Education on Grass Root Level Health Workers regarding Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques Act (PCPNDT ACT)
Journal Title: Healthline - Year 2016, Vol 7, Issue 2
Abstract
Introduction: The declining sex ratio of girls and women in India is a major concern for all.For proper implementation of PCPNDT Act health workers like medical, paramedical and grass root level health workers must have proper knowledge about the act. Objective: To assess the knowledge of grass-root level health workers regarding PCPNDT Act and to measures the improvement in knowledge after health education. Methods: Interventional study was carried out at Sahaj Trust, Baroda. 30 workers who attended a workshop on 9th July, 2015 were administered a pre and post-test questionnaire. All workers were from different NGOs from all over Gujarat and all were working in maternal and child health services. After completion of their pre-test, all 30 participants were given an interactive talk on PCPNDT Act by expert. To prove the presumption that the health education had helped in improvement in knowledge all participants were asked to answer a similar questionnaire again. Analysis: Analysis was done using MedCalc software. Means and SD of Pre and Post intervention scores were calculated and paired t-test was applied. Results: Mean±SD of pre intervention questionnaire score was 17.23±3.97 and mean±SD of post intervention questionnaire score was 20.93±3.29 (total score was 28). Analysis of these data on applying paired t-test showed that there is a significant improvement in the knowledge of health care workers after educating them on PCPNDT act. (p=0.0005)Conclusion: Health education of the grass root level health workers resulted in improvement of their knowledge about PCPNDT act. Implication: It is necessary to empower grass root workers by giving them health education on PCPNDT Act and improving their knowledge on regular interval.
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Sangita Patel, R. D. Khokhariya, N. J. Patel, Maitri Shah
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