Volume : VII, Issue : VIII, August - 2017

EFFECTIVENESS OF PLANNED TEACHING ON KNOWLEDGE REGARDING LEPTOSPIROSIS AMONG FARMERS

Madhuri Shambharkar

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 Background: Leptospirosis is a zoonotic disease of animals that can be transmitted to humans. Leptospira bacteria have been found in dogs, rats, livestock, mice, voles, rabbits, hedgehogs, skunks, possums, frogs, fish, snakes, and certain birds and insects. Infected animals will pass the bacteria in their urine for months, or even years leptospirosis is a zoonotic disease with worldwide distribution. It af­fects both humans and animals and is emerging as an important public health problem in many developing countries. Objectives: 1) To assess the knowledge regarding leptospirosis among farmers. 2)To assess the effectiveness of planned teaching on knowledge regarding leptospirosis. 3)To associate knowledge score with selected demographic variable. Methods and Materials: This study was based on one group pre test post test design with 100 samples (100 farmers), selected from rural community by using non probability convenience sampling technique. Results: In this study non probability convenience sample of 100 subjects was drawn from the study population, who were taken from selected rural area of wardha district. In the assessment of knowledge of farmers after giving intervention findings shows that 90(90%) had “Excellent Knowledge”, 10(10%) had “Good Knowledge” and nobody had average and poor knowledge. There was not significant association of knowledge score of farmers with selected demographic variables such as age, education, year of working experience, type of family, source of information and religion of farmers. 

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Madhuri Shambharkar, EFFECTIVENESS OF PLANNED TEACHING ON KNOWLEDGE REGARDING LEPTOSPIROSIS AMONG FARMERS, INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH : Volume‾7 | Issue‾8 | August‾2017

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