A Study to Assess the Effectiveness of Structured Teaching Programme on Knowledge Regarding Revised Immunization Schedule among Mothers of underfive Children in Morgiri Village, Patan

ABSTRACT

Introduction: The physical health of a child is important because it is associated with the mental and social development of children. Mothers are the first care providers of their children. One of the ways to achieve reduction of underfive mortality is to educate the mothers on matters pertaining to child care. Study objectives were to assess the knowledge of Revised Immunization Schedule among mothers of underfive children, to assess the effectiveness of structured teaching programme on knowledge regarding Revised Immunization Schedule among mothers of underfive children and to find the association between pre-test knowledge score of mother of underfive children regarding revised immunization schedule and selected demographic variables. Material and Methods: The research approach used for the study was evaluative approach. The study was conducted in primary health centre, Morgiri, at Patan, Maharashtra, India. Using one group pre-test post-test design. Non-probability Purposive sampling technique was used for selecting 30 mothers of underfive children. On the 1st day Structured knowledge questionnaire was used for collecting data and planned teaching programme on child abuse and neglect was conducted and followed by post test on the 7th day. The data collected, tabulated and analyzed in terms of objectives of the study using descriptive and inferential statistics. Result: Results shows that Out of 30 mothers in pre test 18(60%) had average knowledge, and 12 (40%) of mothers had poor knowledge where as in post test 25 (83%) had good and 5 (17%) mothers had average level of knowledge. Pre test mean knowledge score and standard deviation was 17.4 ±3.54 which increased in post test to 29.5 ± 2.77 and paired ‘t’ test value was 26.404 and p value is < 0. 01. The result shows that there was a significant association between knowledge of mothers and Age (χ2 = 4) p (<0.005) level. Conclusion: The study concludes that structured teaching programme on revised Immunization schedule was Effective in Improving the Level of knowledge among the mothers of underfive children.