EFFECTIVENESS OF AN EDUCATIONAL INTERVENTION IN CHANGING THE KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE AND PRACTICE REGARDING SKIN CARE AMONG TEENAGE SCHOOL GOING CHILDREN OF SOUTHERN PART OF THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, KERALA.
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Not yet recruiting
- Enrollment
- 500
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Assess baseline knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) among students before a health education intervention on skin care among teenage school going children and evaluate changes after three months.
Overview
Brief Summary
MATERIALS AND METHODS
An educational interventional study will be conducted in the Grade VIII and XII students of the senior secondary schools of the Trivandrum district. Those students fulfilling the inclusion criteria shall be enrolled into the study after getting informed written consent from parents and informed assent from the students. The assessment will be conducted in two sessions as part of a medical camp involving dermatologists. Before the awareness class, students will be given a predesigned and pretested semi-structured self-administered questionnaire that includes socio-demographic variables, exposure to mass media, their current knowledge, and myths about skincare practices. This questionnaire can be completed in 5 minutes. A detailed interactive session using power point presentations and pamphlets which provide basic information on routine skincare practices, malpractices, and myths will follow. A post-test test will be administered three months after the lecture to the same group of students, using the same questions. For each questions fixed marks will be awarded and total marks for both pre and post-test will be analysed.
DATA COLLECTION TOOLS
A structured pre- and post-awareness questionnaire will be administered, covering socio-demographic variables, knowledge, practices, myths, and general information regarding skin
INTERVENTION
The intervention will involve classes conducted with the help of PowerPoint presentations. Each class will last approximately 45 minutes and will cover all aspects of skin care knowledge, practices, myths, and general information. All the doubts will be addressed during this session.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Na
- Masking
- None
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 14.00 Year(s) to 19.00 Year(s) (—)
- Sex
- All
Inclusion Criteria
- •All students of grade VIII to XII of selected schools.
Exclusion Criteria
- •Students whose parents are hesitant to provide consent, or who are themselves hesitant to give assent.
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Assess baseline knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) among students before a health education intervention on skin care among teenage school going children and evaluate changes after three months.
Time Frame: 3 months
Secondary Outcomes
- To find out the factors associated with the change in knowledge, attitude, & practices related to skin care among teenage school-going children following the educational intervention.(3 months)
Investigators
Joel Tobin
Dr. Somervell Memorial CSI Medical College Hospital, Karakonam