“A study to assess the effectiveness of teaching regarding perimenopausal syndrome among teachers using concept mapping technique in selected School university colleges in Kanpur (U.P)”. The objective of the study was to determine the knowledge of the School university college teachers on perimenopausal syndrome by using structured questionnaire, to evaluate the effectiveness of concept mapping technique in terms of gain in post-test knowledge scores, to find the association between pretest knowledge score scores with the selected demographic variables. In order to accomplish the objectives of the study, pre-experimental one group pretest post-test design was adopted. the sample consists of 50 teachers from Govt Polytechnique college, Government women Polytechnique college, ITI college, Saaii college of medical sciences and technology, mariyani. u.p, industrial training institute, government industrial training institute, Sukhdev school at Kanpur who fulfilled the inclusion criteria for the study. Purposive sampling technique was used for this study. The instrument comprises of knowledge questionnaire and demographic Performa. Demographic Performa consist of 10 questions and Knowledge questionnaire consist of 2 sessions one comprises of 11 items regarding Anatomy and physiology of uterus and meaning of perimenopause and second knowledge questionnaire comprise of 15 items regarding symptoms and management of perimenopause. The collected data was tabulated according to various parameters and the complete analysis was done with descriptive and inferential statistics. Interpretation and conclusion revealed that there was a highly significant increase in the knowledge of teachers regarding perimenopausal syndrome after the administration of concept mapping teaching. Hence it was concluded that concept mapping was highly effective in improving the knowledge of teachers.
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