“A Study to assess the effectiveness of planned teaching programme on knowledge regarding dental fluorosis and its management among mothers of under five children at selected Anganwadi centres of Udaipur District”

Abstract

A pre experimental study to evaluate the effectiveness of planned teaching programme on knowledge regarding dental fluorosis & its management among mothers of under-five children. The sample consisting of 120 mothers of under five children. Mother were Non probability purposive sampling. The tool comprised of structured self-administered questionnaire. The post was conducted after one week. The data obtained were analysed and interpreted using descriptive and inferential statistics. The mean score of post-test knowledge 25.81 was apparently higher than the mean score of pre-test knowledge 11.25, suggesting that the Planned teaching programme was effective in increasing the knowledge of the mothers of under five children regarding dental fluorosis. The mean difference 14.56 between per test and post-test knowledge score of the mothers of under five children was found to be significant.