A Study to Assess the Effectiveness of Structured Teaching Programme on Knowledge Regarding Prevention of Home Accidents among Mothers of Under Five Children at Selected Area in Visnagar
Journal Title: Journal of Nursing Today - Year 2018, Vol 6, Issue 2
Abstract
A study titled "A study to assess the effectiveness of structure teaching programme on knowledge regarding prevention of home accidents among mothers of under five children at selected area in Visnagar Methods: The research approach used for the quasi experimental with one group pre – test post – test design. Present study was undertaken at selected Aanganwadi in Visnagar. A total of 30 samples were selected by simple random sampling technique. Data were collected by using structured questionnaire method to assess knowledge among mothers of under five selected areas in Visnagar Results 1) Regarding the age of sample, majority of the samples 20 (66.66%) were from age group of 26 to 30 years, 8 (26.66%) were from age group of 21 to 25 years and 2 (6.66%) samples were from age group of 31 to 35 years. 2) Regarding the education level, majority of the samples 14 (46.66%) were secondary educated,13 (43.33%) samples were primary educated,1 (3.33%) had taken higher secondary education and1 (3.33%) samples were illiterate. 3) Regarding the occupation the majority of samples 24 (80%) were housewives, 4(13.33%) samples were women doing labour work and 2 (6.67%) samples had Govt. job. 4) Regarding the type of family, majority of samples 19 (63.33%) lived in a joint family and 11 (36.67%) lived in nuclear family. 5) Regarding No. of child under five year in family samples had child, 14 (46.67%) samples had 2 child, 9 (30%) had 1 child and 7 (23.33%) samples had 3 child under five year. 6) The mean pre-test knowledge score of samples on prevention of home accidents was 7.866 and the mean post-test knowledge score was 15.466 with mean difference of 7.6. Conclusion: Mothers of under-five children gained significant increase in knowledge which showed that the structured teaching was effective. The structured teaching programme on prevention of home accidents was acceptable and useful method of teaching for mothers of under-five children.
Authors and Affiliations
B. Mahalakshmi, B. Sc Nursing Fourth Year Students
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