A Study to Assess the Effect of Structured Teaching Programme on Knowledge of Child Safety Among Mothers of Under-Five Children in Selected Rural Community at Durg, Chhattisgarh

Abstract

The current study aimed to assess the effect of structured teaching programme on knowledge of child safety among mothers of under-five children in selected rural community at Durg Chhattisgarh”. Quasi-experimental design one group pretest-posttest design is utilized to achieve the stated. Objectives: 1. To assess the level of knowledge of mothers of under-five children regarding child safety. 2. To assess the effect of structured teaching programme on knowledge of child safety among mothers of under-five children. 3.To find out the association between the knowledge of mothers regarding child safety with selected demographic variables. Hypothesis H₁: There will be a significant difference between the level of knowledge regarding child safety among mothers of under-five children before and after structured teaching programme. H₂: There will be a significant association between the pre-test level of knowledge among mothers of under-five with selected socio demographic variables. Projected Outcome: In the present study quasi- experimental research design is used to achieve the stated objectives. The study was based on the modified conceptual framework Betty Neuman’s system model theory. a quantitative research approach is used and pilot study was conducted to confirm the feasibility of the study. For main study Simple random sampling technique Sample size for this study was 60 mothers of under-five children from rural community Durg Chhattisgarh. The tool used for data collection consists of socio-demographic variables and Questionnaire on knowledge of regarding child safety consist of multiple-choice questions. The data was analyzed using Section I: Description of socio-demographic variables in frequency and percentage. Section II: Analysis of pre and post test score by using mean, mean percentage and standard deviation. Section III: Over all analysis of knowledge score by frequency and percentage. Section IV: t-test to assess the effect of structured teaching programme on knowledge of child safety among mothers of under-five children. Section V: - Chi-square analysis for association of knowledge with selected socio-demographic mean knowledge score regarding knowledge of child safety among rural mothers. the significance of difference in mean knowledge score between pretest and posttest using parametric paired ‘t’ test. Paired ‘t’ test shows Highly significant difference (t=8.94, df=59, P<0.0001) in mean pretest Knowledge score and mean posttest knowledge score knowledge regarding partograph among mothers of under-five children. So, hence, the hypothesis stated that, there will be a significant difference between the level of knowledge regarding child safety among mothers of under-five children before and after structured teaching programme is accepted. The calculated value of chi square for education were 11.45, df= 4, and the table values 9.49 and chi square for previous knowledge 4.88, df=1, and table value 3.84 were significant.