Study to Assess the Effectiveness of Behaviour Change Communication Package on Reproductive Tract Infection Among Women Residing in Rural Community Area- Kundrathur, Chennai

A True experimental study was conducted to assess the effectiveness of Behavior change communication package on Reproductive Tract Infection among reproductive age group women, in a selected village under kundrathur PHC, Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Door to door survey was conducted for a period of 1 year and 3 months in Kundrathur A total of 1154 women in the age group of 18 to 45 were identified with RTI. Then, women were allotted for study group and control group by simple random method. Pretest was conducted with a structured knowledge questionnaire on RTI, and then, implementation of behavior change communication package was administered to only study group and routine measures for control group. Reinforcement was given for only study group at 2nd month and 4th month. Post test was conducted for both the groups at the end of 2nd month and 6th month. The findings showed that during post test, there was a significant improvement among study group than control group at p< 0.001 level.