Vol. 9, Issue 6, Part B (2023)

Objectives: To assess knowledge before and after structured teaching program regarding blood donation, to evaluate effectiveness of structured teaching programme regarding blood donation, to find out significant association between pre-experimental knowledge score with selected demographic variables among students in selected colleges of Navi Mumbai.

Design: pre-experimental one group pre-test and post-test design.

Sample: refers to the individuals who are in the age group of 18-22 years and studying in colleges

1.Majority of college students were at the age group of 19-20 years (56%), Majority of females (58%) were participated in the study, most of them were from Hindu religion (90%), from urban area (74%).

2.There was a lack of knowledge among college students regarding blood donation before administering structured teaching programme.

3.In posttest, the knowledge of the college students were increased. The statistical paired t-test indicates that the difference between the pretest and posttest knowledge.

Theft’ value obtained for knowledge score was 15.08 p< 0.05, from these, it was concluded that the structured teaching programme was effective in increasing the knowledge of arts college students regarding blood donation.

4.Out of selected demographic variables religion and family income shown significant result and association with pre interventional knowledge.

1.This research study concludes that male college students have an average knowledge regarding blood donation.

2.The study also concludes that there is a significant association between some demographic variables with knowledge regarding blood donation