A study to determine the effectiveness of Planned Teaching Programme (PTP) on prevention of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) among antenatal mothers in selected PHC's at Mangalore

The present study was conducted to find out the effectiveness of planned teaching programme (PTP) on prevention of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) among antenatal mothers in selected PHCs at Mangalore. The purpose of this study to educate the antenatal mothers to take care of themselves at home and day to day activities to maintain stranger vigilance for early signs of GDM and its complications and seek medical aid immediately. However, there is lack of knowledge and practice regarding the preventive measures of GDM. This study is aimed at improving the knowledge of antenatal mothers on prevention of GDM. An evaluatory research approach with one group pre-test post test design was used for this study. The sample consisted of 50 antenatal mothers. Samples are selected by purposive sampling technique. The study was conducted in PHCs and Lady Goschen Hospital at Mangalore. Data were collected by administering structured interview schedule prior and after the administration of planned teaching programme. The collected data were analyzed by using descriptive and inferential statistics. Conceptual framework based on Rosenstoch’s (1974) and Becker and Maiman’s (1975) health belief model was used in this study.The study findings revealed that knowledge gained through PTP was good, as it was evident with high significance (t49=22.8547, p