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ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Reproductive health is a crucial part of general health and a central feature of human development. Reproductive health deals with their productive processes, functions and system at all stages of life. It is being flection of health during childhood, and crucial during adolescence and adulthood, sets the stage for health beyond the reproductive years for both women and men, and affects the health of the next generation. Reproductive health is a universal concern, but is of special importance for women particularly during the reproductive years. A Quantitative research approach was adopted to assess the effectiveness of structured teaching programme on knowledge regarding healthy practices of sanitary pads usage among high school girls in selected schools at Bangalore. OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY: o To assess the level of knowledge regarding healthy practices of sanitary pad usage among high school girls before & after the structured teaching programme. o To evaluate the effectiveness of the structured teaching programme on knowledge regarding healthy practices of sanitary pads usage among high school girls. o To determine the association between the level of pretest knowledge on healthy practices of sanitary pads usage & selected demographic variables HYPOTHESIS:- H1-There is statistically significant difference between pretest and posttest knowledge scores among high school girls regarding healthy practices of sanitary pads. H2-Thereissignificantassociationbetweenthelevels of knowledge of high school girls regarding healthy practices of sanitary pads usage with selected demographic variables. METHODOLOGY The researcher has followed Quasi- experimental design, one group pre- test& post -test design with Evaluative approach to assess the effectiveness of structured teaching programme on knowledge regarding healthy practices of sanitary pads usage among high school girls in selected schools at Bangalore. Convenient sampling technique was used to assess the knowledge regarding healthy practices of sanitary pads usage among high school girl to select the subjects. The sample included 80 high school girls. Data was collected through structured knowledge questionnaire by administering the questionnaire to the samples. After the pre-test, structured teaching programme on knowledge regarding healthy practices of sanitary pads usage was administered on the same day to the participants. On seventh day post-test was given using the same questionnaire to evaluate the effectiveness of structured teaching programme Collected data was analysed by using description and inferential statistics. RESULTS The study found that in the overall pre-test knowledge score among high school girls majority 56(70.0%) of the high school girls had inadequate knowledge regarding healthy practices of sanitary pads usage, 24(30.0%) had moderate knowledge and none had adequate knowledge. After administration of structured teaching programme whereas in the overall post- test knowledge score, none of the high school girls had inadequate knowledge, 22(27.5%) had Moderate knowledge and 58(72.5%) of the high school girls had adequate knowledge The overall mean knowledge level obtained by the high school girls following administration of structured teaching programme was24.24inpost-testwhichwas found to behig her than the overall mean knowledge level 13.56 in the pre-test. The statistical test indicated that structured teaching programme was effective in improving knowledge regarding healthy practices of sanitary pads usage. The mean enhancement between pre-test and post-test was10.68and the obtained paired't' value was 37.03. It was found to be statistically significant at the level of P<0.05. There is a statistically significant association between post-test knowledge and selected variables with Age group Educational level Type of family Occupation of Mother Number of Siblings Hence H2was accepted. However, there was no significant association between post-test knowledge and religion, family income, education of father education of mother and source of information. Hence, stated hypothesis H2 is rejected above selected variables. INTERPRETATION AND CONCLUSION: The study findings revealed that the majority of the high school girls gained knowledge after structured teaching programme. Hypothesis H1is accepted and hypothesis H2 is accepted Age Group Educational level Type of family Occupation of Mother Number of Siblings but religion, family income, education of father education of mother and source of information was rejected. Thus, the study showed that the structured teaching programme on knowledge regarding healthy practices of sanitary pads usage was effective in improving the knowledge of high school girls. The findings of the study recommended the further interventional approaches regarding the healthy practice of sanitary pads usage among high school girls. Self-learning and m education regarding healthy practices of sanitary pads usage creates awareness. The present study proved that Structured Teaching Programme was effective among high school girls on healthy practices of sanitary pads.