Effectiveness of computer assisted planned teaching programme on knowledge of rural mothers regarding Home based management for selected health problem of under five children

Abstract

Infant mortality rate can be measure of nation’s health and social condition. It’s a composite of a number of rates with Acute Respiratory Infection social factors and after be seen as an indicators to measures the level of socio economic Acute Respiratory Infection within a country. The under five children’s population acute higher about 30% in India and accordance of ARTI (acute respiratory tract infection) also much higher among the under five children`s. it is about 30-60% of medical admission and 20-40% of hospital admission in the year of 2007. The overall pre-test mean knowledge score was 16 and dispersion of pre test level of knowledge SD 4.8, post test mean knowledge score was 22.96 and dispersion of post test level of knowledge SD 4.99, The paired‘t’ value shows that there is a significant difference between pre-test and post-test mean knowledge score 6.96 (t59 = 2.00) and was highly significant 0.05 and 0.01 level and significant association found at 0.05 level type of family (19.814*).