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BACKGROUNDSurprisingly 30% of Indian blinds lose their sight before the age of 20 years, which makes early detection and treatment of visual impairment for children mandatory. School going children, therefore, form an important large target group and school vision screening plays an important part in early detection of amblyopia and institution of appropriate therapy, which is of immense value towards preventing the development of lifelong visual morbidity. The concept of "critical period" which explains the reversibility of amblyopia at younger age groups when the brain and visual system are immature and connections between neurons are still being formed and stabilised, stresses the importance of introducing the treatment at an early age thereby enhancing the visual outcome.

Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer deaths in India. The situation in rural areas is compounded with poor access to health facilities, low socio economic status and poor literacy. Awareness of the risk factors of breast cancer is important in the prevention of the disease. The objective of this study was to determine the effectiveness of structured teaching programme on knowledge regarding breast cancer among class IV employees in a selected community at Coimbatore. The design used was pre experimental one group pretest -posttest. 100 class IV employees include peons, cleaning staff, security guards, attenders was selected using nonrandom convenient sampling technique. The knowledge was assessed using structured questionnaire. The data obtained were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. The study findings concluded that the structured teaching programme was effective in enhancing the knowledge on breast cancer among class IV employees.

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