• Asha Job
• Prof. Sheela Williams
• Mrs. Ambika

IMNCI is a curative, preventive and promotive strategy aimed at reducing the deaths and frequency and severity of illness and disability and contributes to improved growth and nutrition of under five children. This strategy has been expanded in India to include neonatal care at home as well as in the health facilities and renamed as IMNCI.This study has been undertaken to to assess the effectiveness of Structured teaching programme on knowledge of staff nurses regarding IMNCI guidelines at selected community health centre’s in mysuru.A Pre-experimental One group pre-testpost-test design was used and 50 staff nurses were selected using convenient sampling technique. Pilot study was conducted, the tool and study design were found to be feasible. Data were collected using a structured knowledge questionnaire. The results of the study revealed that the significance of difference between the mean pre-test and mean post-test knowledge scores which was statistically tested using paired’ test and it was found to be significant at 0.05 level of significance ‘t’= 18.046, p<0.05 and The results also depicted that knowledge of staff nurses regarding IMNCI guidelines had partially association with their selected personal variables. It was concluded that structured teaching programme was effective in increasing the knowledge of staff nurses regarding IMNCI guidelines. Therefore the study recommends that, it is essential to organize health campaigns and teaching programmes to enhance the knowledge regarding IMNCI guidelines.

IMNCI guidelines, Effectiveness, staff nurses, structured teaching programme, knowledge

"A study to assess the effectiveness of Structured Teaching Programme on knowledge of staff nurses regarding IMNCI (Integrated Management of Neonatal and Childhood Illness) guidelines at selected Community Health Centres in Mysuru", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 11, page no.409-412, November-2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1811752.pdf

"A study to assess the effectiveness of Structured Teaching Programme on knowledge of staff nurses regarding IMNCI (Integrated Management of Neonatal and Childhood Illness) guidelines at selected Community Health Centres in Mysuru", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 11, page no. pp409-412, November-2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1811752.pdf