A study to assess the effectiveness of planned teaching programme knowledge regarding acute respiratory infections and their prevention among mothers of under five in the rural community of Pune city

Abstract

Acute respiratory infections (ARIs) are the leading cause of death among children less than 5 years in India. Emergence of newer pathogenic organisms, reemergence of disease previously controlled, wide spread antibiotic resistance, and suboptimal immunization coverage even after many innovative efforts are major factors responsible for high incidence of ARI.Aim of the Study: The main aim of the study was to Effectiveness of planned Teaching Programme on Knowledge of Mothers of Under-Five Children Regarding Acute Respiratory Tract Infections in Selected Rural community of Pune.Methodology: In view of the nature of the problem selected for the study and objective to be accomplished evaluative research approach was considered. Sample select for the study was 50 mothers. Simple random sampling technique was used.Result: Result showed the differences in the pre-test and post-test mean scores were 18.5 indicating that the knowledge is improved considerably during post-test. The obtained ‘t’ value is 24.1 (p<0.01), which is highly significant at 1% level. This clearly indicates that there is a significant difference in the knowledge of mothers of under-five children before and after the implementation of planned Teaching Programme. Hence the research hypothesis H1 is accepted i.e. there will be significant difference between pre-test and post-test knowledge scores of mothers of under-five children with regard to ARI.Conclusion: The study concluded that there has been a consistent increase in knowledge of prevention and management of upper respiratory tract infections scores in post-test when compared to pre-test. Therefore, the planned teaching program was effective to increase level of knowledge regarding of upper respiratory tract infections.