Anemia is a critical health concern that primarily affects women and young adults. About two billion people across the world are reported to have anemia and this count is disproportionately high in developing countries due to poor health services, inadequate diet, certain diseases, most frequent pregnancies, and so on.

Objectives

§  To assess the knowledge level of 1^st year GNM students regarding iron deficiency anemia by using structured knowledge questionnaire.

§  To evaluate the effectiveness of planned teaching programme on knowledge regarding iron deficiency anemia among 1st year GNM students in terms of gaining post -test level of knowledge.

Method

Pre- experimental one group pre -test post-test design was conducted to assess the effectiveness of planned teaching programme on knowledge regarding iron deficiency anemia among fourty 1^st year GNM students of Athena school of nursing Mangalore from 25^th October to 2^nd November 2023 through a structured knowledge questionnaire. Samples were selected by random sampling technique.

Result

The result of the study shows that mean post-test knowledge score ( ₂=19.7) was higher than mean pre-test knowledge score ( ₁=13.8). Paired ‘t’ test was used to find the difference between the mean pre–test and post-test knowledge score. The calculated ‘t’ value (t=9.156) was found to be significant.

Conclusion