Punia, ParveenToor, Poonam Preet2016-11-102016-11-102011http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/84918Textile industry plays a pivotal position in the economy of our country but its role in pollution and threats to its workers, can’t be denied. These work place hazards can be reduced with the use of protective clothing. Educational package may educate the workers and make them aware about health problems, diseases and use of clothing designed for protection against these during working. To achieve the objectives of the study i.e. to prepare an educational package on protective clothing for textile industrial workers and to assess the effectiveness of prepared educational package three mills i.e. namely Delhi Cloth Mill of Hisar, Radhika Mill of Hansi and Gargi Mill of Panipat were selected. The educational package was prepared in Hindi to facilitate learning by the target group. These were evaluated by the experts. Individual pamphlets were prepared for male workers, female workers and male dyers in which occupational health problems and their solutions were described with illustrations. Video film was prepared in various steps like script writing, filming, editing and commentary. Ninety respondents from different sections of the textile industries were educated and knowledge acquisition was measured through pamphlets and video film. Evaluation of the pamphlets and video film on protective clothing for male and female workers was done by the experts. Out of parameters for the evaluation of the content of the pamphlets and video film on protective clothing for both male and female workers of all the sections of textile industry the clarity in the title of the content, usefulness in the body text parameters and in the illustration layout of illustration parameters were found to be highly appropriate and appropriate. The textile industrial workers gained knowledge after exposure to pamphlets and video film. The higher impact was observed through video as compared to pamphlets. Thus it was concluded that the prepared educational packages were effective in imparting knowledge to the target group.enRice, Yields, Genotypes, Developmental stages, Grain, Irrigation, Planting, Vegetative propagation, Biological phenomena, CropsDevelopment of educational package on protective clothingThesis