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Effectiveness of an Educational Programme on the Knowledge of Primary School Teachers Regarding Selected Childhood Psychological Problems

Feona Francis, Agnes Elizabeth Jose

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Introduction: Primary school children spend a major part of their time in school. Improving the knowledge of teachers will help them in early identification, management and referral of psychological problems among children. Educational interventions are found to be effective in improving knowledge of many populations. Materials and methods: One group pretest posttest design was used for this study. Forty primary school teachers were selected by convenient sampling. Questionnaire on selected childhood psychological problems was the tool for data collection. After the pretest, an educational programme on the childhood psychological problems was given for 2 hours. After 7 days, the posttest was conducted. Results: A significant difference was found in the pretest and posttest knowledge scores, as obtained by the subjects (p<0.01*). Conclusion: Regular educational programs should be conducted in the urban and rural schools so that the teachers identify childhood psychological problems and do the early referral.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.37628/ijpn.v1i2.100

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