A Study to Assess the Effectiveness of Structured Teaching Programme on Knowledge Regarding Prevention of Pneumonia among the Mothers of Under Five Children in Piparia at Vadodara City
Journal Title: Journal of Nursing Today - Year 2019, Vol 9, Issue 2
Abstract
Every year more than 70% of the 11 million children die even before reaching their fifth birthday. Sadly these deaths are attributed to sis preventable causes: diarrhea, malaria, pneumonia, preterm delivery, or lack of oxygen at birth. These deaths may occur mainly in the developing countries. Pneumonia is the single largest cause of death in children worldwide. Every year, it kills an estimated 1.6 million children under the age of five years, accounting for 18% of all deaths of children under five years old worldwide1 . The findings of the present study showed that highest percentage (53.33%) of mothers belonged to the age group of 26-35. The post-test knowledge score was in the range of 17-23 which was higher than the pre-test knowledge score range (6-21). The mean post-test knowledge score (20.51) also was higher than the mean pre-test knowledge score (11.58).
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Harish Kumar Kumawat
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