author(s)
Madhusmitha R, Niky Mathew and Sahana IN

abstract
Puberty is a critical phase in life, characterized by fast growth, development, and maturation in physical, psychological, physiological, and social settings. It frequently begins with the appearance of visible secondary sexual traits, such as breast augmentation and pubic hair growth in girls. The study sought to evaluate the impact of a structured video-assisted teaching approach on pre-adolescent girls' understanding of pubertal changes at a rural school in Mysore. The research design was pre-experimental, comprising pretests and post-tests. The study included 60 pre-adolescent girls, of whom 76.67% had inadequate knowledge scores, 23.33% had moderate scores, and none had adequate knowledge scores. Following the intervention, no one had insufficient knowledge scores, 30.0% had intermediate scores, and 70% had adequate scores. Pre-adolescent girls improved 41.06% on their knowledge score. The study discovered no significant relationship between pretest knowledge score and pre-adolescent girls' demographic factors, with nuclear family girls, better educated parents' daughters, and first-order birth girls having higher moderate knowledge scores.