A study to assess the effectiveness of structured teaching programme on HPV vaccination for prevention of cervical cancer among adolescent girls in selected schools of Dehradun, Uttarakhand

Abstract

Cervical cancer is the fourth most common cancer globally and the most frequent in women in India. The study aims to assess and enhance knowledge about the HPV vaccine for cervical cancer prevention among adolescent girls through a structured teaching program. A quantitative approach with a one-group pre-test post-test design was used. 90 students were selected using non-probability purposive sampling. In the pre-test, 86.6% had poor knowledge, 13.4% had moderate knowledge, and none had good knowledge. In the post-test, 37.7% had moderate knowledge, and 62.3% had good knowledge. The reliability coefficient was 0.95. The pre-test mean score was 6.93, and the post-test mean score was 15.61. The t-value was 26.2077, and the p-value was 0.0001, indicating a significant difference between pre-test and post-test knowledge levels. The study found no association between knowledge levels and selected demographic variables.