Effectiveness of Structured Teaching Programme on Knowledge and Practice Regarding, Prevention of Childhood Accidents among the Mothers of Under Five Children

AbstractEffectiveness of structured teaching programme on knowledge of optional vaccines among mothers of under five children in selected rural areas. The Sample include 30 mothers of under five children.Research approach was quantitative - evaluative approach anddesign used was quasi experimental pretestposttest design.In the first phase, researcher assessed pretest knowledge and health teaching was given to selected mothers with the duration of 45 minutes. The posttest knowledge was assessed over a period of 7 days after the intervention. The community participation has found to be effective with a Paired t valve (P<0.001) shows significance which indicates community participation was effective in terms of knowledge pain.

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A Study to Assess the Effectiveness of Structured Teaching Programme on Knowledge and Attitude Regarding Vitamin A Deficiency and Its Prophylaxis among Mothers of Under Five Children at Selected village at Tamilnadu

International Journal of Research and Review ◽

10.52403/ijrr.20210932 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 8 (9) ◽

pp. 234-241

Author(s):

Roslin Mangaiyarkarasi. M. ◽

Kumudhavalli. D ◽

R. Karthi

Keyword(s):

Standard Deviation ◽

Vitamin A ◽

Vitamin A Deficiency ◽

Teaching Programme ◽

Under Five ◽

Under Five Children ◽

Structured Teaching ◽

Post Test ◽

The Mean ◽

Knowledge And Attitude

Aim: to assess the effectiveness of structured teaching programme on knowledge and attitude regarding vitamin A deficiency and its prophylaxis among mothers of under five children. Objectives: (1). To assess the knowledge and attitude among mothers of under five children on vitamin A deficiency and its Prophylaxis. (2). To find the effectiveness of Structured Teaching Programme in terms of gaining knowledge and attitude of mothers regarding Vitamin A deficiency and its prophylaxis for under five children. (3). To find association between the pre test level of knowledge and attitude among mothers of under five children with their selected demographic variables. Methodology: A pre experimental research design was adopted for the study. 50 samples were selected by using non probability convenience sampling technique. The pre and post test level knowledge and attitude was assessed by using structured knowledge questionnaires and attitude scale respectively. Results: The pre test mean was 7.76 with the standard deviation of 2.17 and the post test mean was 16.68 with the standard deviation of 1.81. The mean difference of pre and post test is 8.92; standard error is 0.281. The ‘T’ value is 31.74 is Highly Significant at p<0.05.The pre test mean was 8.98 with the standard deviation of 3.47 and the post test mean was 24.56 with the standard deviation of 3.45. The mean difference of pre and post test is 15.58; standard error is 0.43. The ‘T’ value is 36.23 is Highly Significant p<0.05. Hence it indicates the knowledge and attitude level of mothers are improved after structured teaching programme. Conclusion: The study concluded that structured teaching programme was effective and improved knowledge and attitude regarding vitamin A deficiency and its prophylaxis among mothers of under five children. Keywords: structured teaching programme, Vitamin A, Prophylaxis.

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