EFFECTIVENESS OF STRUCTURED TEACHING PROGRAMME ON KNOWELDGE REGARDING EATING DISORDER AMONG THE PU COLLEGE STUDENTS IN SELECTED COLLEGE AT TUMKUR

Objectives: To assess the existing knowledge regarding eating disorders among the PU college students. To assess the effectiveness of structure Teaching Programme regarding eating disorder on knowledge among PU College students at Tumkur. To find the association between post-test knowledge scores among PU college students their selected socio demographic variables. Methodology: A pre expremental study was conducted among 50 PU College students at Tumkur sample was selected using convenient sampling technique.pre expremental design was used for the study. Data was collected by using Structured closed ended knowledge questionnaire. Data analysis was done using descriptive and inferential statistics. Results: the pre test mean score of knowledge was 15.18. the post test mean score of knowledge was 26.30 obtained ‘t’ value for the comparision of knowledge score was 19.86. t value (2.0) is level of significant at p<0.05, df 59 indicate that there was difference between pre-test and post-test score which depicts effective structure Teaching Programme regarding eating disorder. Conclusion: The study concluded that knowledge of pu college students regarding knowledge of eating disorder was just satisifactory, consequently it should be addressed through structure Teaching Programme to increase knowledge regarding eating disorders among pu college students.