2019, Vol. 1, Issue 2, Part A

author(s)
Neetu Dhami and Kamlesh Dixit

abstract
The aim of the study was determine the effectiveness of planned teaching programme on knowledge and attitude regarding anorexia nervosa among adolescent girls. A pre experimental one group pretest-posttest design was used for the study. Convenience non- probability sampling technique was used to select 100 adolescent girls. The data collection tool consists of three parts: demographic variables, self-structured questionnaire and eating attitude test-26. The result showed that there is no significant association between knowledge of adolescent girls regarding anorexia nervosa with selected socio-demographic variables. This study concludes that planned teaching programme was effective in increasing the knowledge and attitude regarding anorexia nervosa among the adolescent girls.