Effectiveness of structured teaching program on knowledge and attitude of sailors regarding prevention of HIV/ AIDS at selected sea port, Mangalore

Methods: An evaluatory approach with one group pretest- posttest design was used in this study. The sample of 60 sailors was drawn using purposive sampling technique. Pretest was conducted by administering knowledge questionnaire and attitude scale, followed that STP was administered to the study subjects. Post test was conducted on 8th day, by administering the same tool on the study participants.
The objectives of the study are: To determine the level of knowledge of the sailors before and after STP on prevention of HIV/AIDS using structured knowledge questionnaire, To assess the level of attitude of the sailors before and after STP on prevention of HIV/AIDS using attitude scale, To find out the relationship between knowledge and attitude of sailors regarding prevention of HIV/AIDS. To find out the association between knowledge and selected demographic variables (age, sex, religion, marital status, year of experience, educational status, family influence, exposure to mass media, etc.), To find out the association between attitude and selected demographic variables (age, sex, religion, marital status, year of experience, educational status, family influence, exposure to mass media, etc.)
Results: The study findings revealed that before STP 51.7% of the subjects had an average knowledge and mean knowledge score of 12.62%. Sixty three percent of the subjects had average/moderate attitude before administration of STP. The STP facilitated them to update their knowledge related to HIV/AIDS. The posttest knowledge scores of the subjects (70%) were very good. The significant increase of knowledge changed the attitude significantly, where no subject had poor attitude. The correlation computed for knowledge and attitude showed that there was positive relationship between knowledge and attitude. There was no association found with regard to knowledge and selected variables (age, sex, religion, marital status, exposure to mass media and family influence), except for educational status there was significant association with regard to knowledge. There was no association found with regard to attitude and selected variables.