The effectiveness of self-instructional module on knowledge and attitude regarding mental illness and its early identification among female junior health assistants in selected primary health centers at Hassan

Abstract

Development of Nation depends upon the healthy society and the health of the each individual, is in the hands of the health care professionals. Mental health is a satisfactory level of emotional and behavioral adjustment. Mental illness is a wide range of mental health condition that can affect our mood, thinking and behavior. The aim of the study is to assess the existing knowledge and attitude to evaluate the effectiveness of Self-instructional module, to find the correlation between knowledge and attitude, to find the association between pre-test knowledge and attitude scores and their selected socio demographic variables.