• Ms. Elizabeth

Under-five age group is one of the vulnerable age groups for developing the infectious diseases. Diarrheal disease is the second leading cause of death in children under five years old, and is responsible for killing around 760000 children every year. Therefore A Quasi-Experimental Study was Selected to Assess the Effectiveness of Structured Teaching Program on Knowledge Regarding Prevention and Management of Diarrhea among mothers of under-five children in Selected Areas of Community, Ludhiana, Punjab. The objectives of the study were. (1) to assess the pre test knowledge score regarding prevention and management of Diarrhea among mother of under five children, to assess the post test knowledge score regarding prevention and management of Diarrhea among mother of under five children. (II) post test knowledge score; (III) to compare pre and post test knowledge score; (IV) to ascertain the relationship of pretest and posttest knowledge score with variables i.e. age, education, occupation, number of children, family monthly income and source of information. A total 60 mothers were selected with convenient sampling technique and divided 30 each in Control and Experimental groups. The conceptual framework for this study is based on Ludwig Von Bertalanffy's General System theory (1968). A structured questionnaire was used to assess Knowledge. Pilot study was conducted on 6 samples to compute feasibility. Data was analyzed by descriptive and inferential statistics & presented through tables and figures. Present study findings revealed that the posttest mean knowledge score of mothers in experimental group was higher (35.00) than posttest mean knowledge score of control group (21.93). It was thus concluded that the structured teaching program was effective in bringing about the changes in the knowledge of mothers of under five children. So, there is a need to conduct formal and informal health education programs in Community area, so that awareness can be created among mothers regarding prevention and management of diarrhea

Effectiveness, Knowledge, Mothers, Diarrhea, Structured Teaching Program

"A QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY TO ASSESS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF STRUCTURED TEACHING PROGRAMME ON KNOWLEDGE REGARDING PREVENTION AND MANAGEMENT OF DIARRHEA AMONG MOTHERS OF UNDER FIVE CHILDREN IN SELECTED AREAS OF COMMUNITY, LUDHIANA, PUNJAB", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 1, page no.f329-f335, January-2022, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2201549.pdf

"A QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY TO ASSESS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF STRUCTURED TEACHING PROGRAMME ON KNOWLEDGE REGARDING PREVENTION AND MANAGEMENT OF DIARRHEA AMONG MOTHERS OF UNDER FIVE CHILDREN IN SELECTED AREAS OF COMMUNITY, LUDHIANA, PUNJAB", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 1, page no. ppf329-f335, January-2022, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2201549.pdf