<![CDATA[Objective: “A study to assess the effectiveness of structured education on prevention of human papillomavirusinfection among adolescent girls in a selected school at Pune city”Methods: A non-experimental descriptive design and quantitative approach was carried on 64 adolescentgirls in a selected school at Pune cityResults: In this study, it revealed that with regard to the pre-test knowledge assessment the mean percentagescores was 61.75 with mean and 24.6 ±2.94. Area wise mean percentage of knowledge scores was 70.27%in the area of “General concept regarding reproductive organs” With the mean of 7.73 ± 0.61. In the areaof “knowledge regarding cervical cancer” the mean percentage was 54.75 with mean 8.76 ± 2.67 and in thearea of “knowledge regarding HPV prevention” the mean percentage was 63.15 with mean 8.21 ±2.57. Theanalysis of the study revealed a highly significant difference in the post test knowledge scores and the meangain 93.65%.Conclusion: Considering above findings the study showed that structured education was effective inimproving knowledge of adolescent girls on prevention of human papillomavirus infection.]]>
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