Effectiveness of Educational Package on Knowledge Regarding Pneumonia And It‘s Prevention Among The Mothers of Under–Five Children In Dakshina Kannada District of Karnataka State

Dr. Veena Gretta Tauro; Dr. Indrani Dasarathan

Volume : III, Issue : X, October - 2014

Effectiveness of Educational Package on Knowledge Regarding Pneumonia And It‘s Prevention Among The Mothers of Under–Five Children In Dakshina Kannada District of Karnataka State

Dr. Veena Gretta Tauro, Dr. Indrani Dasarathan

Abstract :

Childhood Pneumonia has been identified as a major �forgotten Killer of children by UNICEF in 2006�. It is a primary cause of child mortality worldwide. In the view of the nature of the problem, an experimental study was conducted with an aim to assess the effectiveness of educational package on knowledge regarding pneumonia and it�s prevention among the mothers of the under–five children. Random sampling technique by lottery method was used to select thefour subcentres each of Amblamogaru and Kudupu PHC�s. Systematic sampling was utilized to select 60 samples fromeach of these subcentres. Total 480(240 experimental and 240 control)samples were included in the study. Data was collected using the structured knowledge questionnaire. The pre–test was conducted on the day one and afteradministration of the educational package using the same questionnaire datawas collected on the eighth day and three months after intervention. The findings of the study were: Significant difference between the mean pre–test knowledge scoreand mean post–test I and post–test II knowledge scores of motherswas found in the experimental group (F2,717 =529.734, p