A study to assess the knowledge regarding recent health schemes by Indian Government among final year students in NNI, Nellore
Arundathi S, Latha P and Dr. Indira Arumugam
Background: Adequate provision for health schemes is essential for strengthening health care, while the government is committed to providing health for all, adequate health scheme is critical to ensure it. The government has decided to increase its health spending to increase demand for health care and ensure equity in access to health spending is a challenging task. This in turn requires alternative security measures for those who cannot pay for health care.
Aim: The aim of the study was to assess the knowledge regarding recent health schemes by Indian Government among final year students in NNI, Nellore.
Objectives: 1. To assess the level of knowledge regarding recent health schemes by Indian Government among final year students. 2. To find out the association between the level of knowledge of final year students regarding recent health schemes with selected socio demographic variables.
Methods: 100 final year students at Narayana Nursing Institutions, Nellore was selected by using convenience sampling technique.
Results: Regard to level of knowledge among final year nursing students, 24(24%) had A+ grade, 18(18%) had A grade, 21(21%) had B+ grade, 19(19%) had B grade, 10(10%) had C grade, and 8(8%) had D grade knowledge regarding recent health schemes.
Arundathi S, Latha P, Dr. Indira Arumugam. A study to assess the knowledge regarding recent health schemes by Indian Government among final year students in NNI, Nellore. Int J Adv Res Nurs 2018;1(1):16-19. DOI: 10.33545/nursing.2018.v1.i1A.6