A study to assess the effect of Self Instructional Module on knowledge and practices regarding the selected aspects of immunization among the anganwadi workers in selected anganwadis in rural area.

Mr.Santosh V Baliwant; Prof. Dr.Nilima Sonavane; Mrs.Rupali Santosh Baliwant

Volume : VIII, Issue : VIII, August - 2018

A study to assess the effect of Self Instructional Module on knowledge and practices regarding the selected aspects of immunization among the anganwadi workers in selected anganwadis in rural area.

Mr. Santosh V Baliwant, Prof. Dr. Nilima Sonavane, Mrs. Rupali Santosh Baliwant

Abstract :

Introduction: A child is a unique individual; he or she is not a miniature adult, not a little man or women. Children are the major consumers of health care. In India, about 35% of total population is the children below 15 years of age. They are not only large in numbers but also vulnerable to various health problems and considered as a special risk group. Majority of childhood illness and death are preventable by simple low cost measures like Immunization. The Anganwadi Worker is the community – based voluntary frontline workers of the ICDS Programme. Selected from the community, she assumes the pivotal role due to her close and continuous contact with the beneficiaries. Immunization is a proven tool for controlling and eliminating life–threatening infectious diseases and is estimated to avert between 2 and 3 million deaths each year. It is one of the most cost–effective health investments, with proven strategies that make it accessible to even the most hard–to–reach and vulnerable populations. The objective of the study was to assess the effectiveness of Self–Instructional Module on selected aspect of Immunization. Materials and Methods:Experimental one group pre– test & post – test design was used. As the research problem was aimed at enhancing the Knowledge and Practice of the Anganwadi Workers regarding selected aspect of Immunization.The sample for the study was n=100 anganwadi workers selected by using Non probability Conveniencesamplingtechnique. The pre–test was introduced to assess the knowledge and practices among the group of samples on the basis of pre–test result Self–Instructional Module was formulated and introduce to the sample after that the post–test was conducted and the result were evaluated through the structured questionnaire and self–reported observational checklist, The data was analyzed using a paired t test to find out the significant difference between pre–test & post–test mean Knowledge & Practice scores and inferential statistic method ANOVA applied to evaluate the association between the Knowledge & Practice scores with the selected demographic variables. Results: The average mean Knowledge score of Anganwadi Workers in pre–test was 24.50 and in post–test was 29.94 and on overall mean Practice score of Anganwadi Workers in pre–test was 21.15 and in post–test was 22.85 indicated that, null hypotheses H0 was rejected & the research hypotheses H1 is accepted, which signifies that Self Instructional Module significantly effective in improving the Knowledge and Practice of the Anganwadi workers regarding selected aspects of Immunization. There was association of marital status and number of children with Knowledge score. (p=<0.018) Conclusion: The results indicated the positive response to the Self Instructional Module for improvement in the Knowledge & Practices regarding selected aspects of Immunization. The Anganwadi Workers expressed that they were expecting more of such kind of information programme with pictures, videos, demonstration and planned teaching.