EFFECTIVNESS OF PLANNED TEACHING PROGRAMMEME ON KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDE OF MOTHERS REGARDING EATING HABITS OF PRE SCHOOL CHILDREN

Mrs. Rajni Udeniya; Hemant Chaurasiya

Volume : VIII, Issue : VI, June - 2019

EFFECTIVNESS OF PLANNED TEACHING PROGRAMMEME ON KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDE OF MOTHERS REGARDING EATING HABITS OF PRE SCHOOL CHILDREN

Mrs. Rajni Udeniya, Hemant Chaurasiya

Abstract :

Under nutrition in India is among the highest in the world, far exceeding that of sub–Saharan Africa. Nearly ¾ of Indian children are underweight, 19% are wasted (in fact, Indian children account for one–third of the world�s wasting), and 38% are stunted. While under nutrition has been steadily declining over the past few years, the rate of under nutrition remains unacceptable, accounting for 22% of the burden of disease. Over half of child deaths are associated with under nutrition. An evaluatory approach was used for the study. Pre – experimental one group pre–test – post–test design was used in this study. The size of population included in the study was 80 mothers. At day seven, average (Mean � Standard Deviation) scoring to judge the knowledge (15.36�2.32 points) and attitude (52.83�5.19 points) among mothers of preschool children found to be significantly increased and improved post administration as compared to average scoring of knowledge (8.81�2.13 points) and attitude (28.49�7.92 points) at baseline stage (day one). However, these mean scoring differences of 6.55 points in assessment of knowledge (p<0.001) and of 24.34 points in attitude (p<0.001) between pre and post administration among mothers of preschool children were statistically strongly significant.