Effectiveness of community education programme on knowledge and attitude regarding prevention and management of selected non-communicable diseases among urban adults in Pune city

Abstract

Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) accounted for two thirds of deaths (34.5 million of a total 52.8 million) worldwide in 2010. In the same year, cancer was responsible for 8 million deaths, ischemic heart disease and stroke collectively for 12.9 million deaths, and diabetes for 1.3 million deaths, with all showing significant rising trends. Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) have emerged as serious public health problem worldwide affecting all the populations across the globe in general but low-and middle-income populations in particular. The present study title: “A study to assess the effectiveness of community education programmeon knowledge and attitude regarding prevention and management of selected non-communicable diseases among urban adults in Pune city.” The objective of the study was to assess the knowledge, attitude effectiveness of community education programme and finding with selected demographic variables regarding prevention and management of selected non-communicable disease among urban adults in Pune city. Material and Methods: In present study, researcher adopted pre-experimental one group pre-test post-test research design. Study carried out on 60 samples with adult age group 36-55years residing in selected urban areas. The non-probability convenient sampling technique was used to data was collected using the self-structured questionnaire. Data was analyzed statistically. Ethical clearance was taken from Institutional ethics committee. Data analysis was done mainly using descriptive statistics. Result: The mean posttest score9.6 ( SD=3.14) was higher than the mean pretest score 5.25(SD=2.34 .The computed t-test statistic value is7.59029, Corresponding p-value was 0.000, which is small (less than 0.05)and for the attitude mean post test score 32.86(SD=9.28)was higher than the mean pretest 21.9(SD=7.33). As the calculated t-value is 7.196212 and p-value was 0.00, which small(less than 0.05). Conclusion: Study conclude that It shows that the effectiveness of community education programme was effective method for improving the knowledge and attitude regarding prevention and management of selected non communicable disease. Recommendation: A similar study can be conducted in hospital settings and rural areas also carried out to evaluate the efficiency of various teaching strategies like self-instruction module, pamphlets, leaflets, on non-communicable diseased.