A STUDY TO DETERMINE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF STRUCTURED TEACHING PROGRAMME ON BRONCO PNEUMONIA AMONG MOTHERS OF UNDER FIVE CHILDREN IN A SELECTED PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL AT GUNTUR DISTRICT

Mr.Palagani Naga Raju

Volume : VIII, Issue : II, February - 2019

A STUDY TO DETERMINE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF STRUCTURED TEACHING PROGRAMME ON BRONCO PNEUMONIA AMONG MOTHERS OF UNDER FIVE CHILDREN IN A SELECTED PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL AT GUNTUR DISTRICT

Mr. Palagani Naga Raju

Abstract :

Background: Bronco pneumonia is an illness usually caused by infection, in which the lungs become inflamed and congested, reducing oxygen exchange and leading to cough and eathlessness. It affects individuals of all ages, but occurs most frequently in children. Among children pneumonia is the most common cause of death worldwide. Every year 1.9 million children under five years of age die from onco pneumonia Indeed, it is the leading cause of child death in the world. Objectives: (1) to assess the existing knowledge of under five mothers on onco pneumonia.(2) To study the effectiveness of knowledge of under five mothers after Structured teaching programme on onco pneumonia.(3) To compare pretest and post test knowledge of under five mothers. Materials and methods: research design is pre experimental design was used in this study. Data collected from 50 mothers of under five children

In selected pediatric hospital at Guntur district. Purposive sampling was used for selecting the sample in the investigator developed structured questionnaire on onco pneumonia used for data collection