• Priyanka pal
• Mr . Prajwal

Introduction: Diarrhea is one of the most common manifestations of illness in infants and children. It is characterized by an increased in fluidity, frequency, volume as well as possible changes in color of faces in comparison with the usual stool pattern of the individual. The usual stool pattern of breast fed infants may be several stools a day, whereas formula fed infants may be one stool every other day. Diarrhoea is a symptom of variety of conditions, and it constitutes one of the main causes of morbidity and mortality among infants and children throughout the world. Method: The setting selected was conducted in selected Rishitha Hospital, Hyderabad.The instrument used for the study was a self structured questionnaire.A total of 60 mothers under-five children were select by using purposive sampling technique. Result: The results of the present study revealed that, in the pretest 60% mothers had inadequate knowledge, 20% of the mothers had moderately adequate knowledge. In the post test, only 33.3% have moderately adequate knowledge and 66.7% had acquired adequate knowledge and no one had inadequate knowledge in posttest. The pre test mean was 10.43 with 2.25 standard deviation and that of post test was 23.87 with 4.32 standard deviation. The calculated’ value was 24.32, which is higher than the table ‘t’ value 3.46 at 59df with 0.001 level of significance. It shows that there is significant difference (p<0.001) in pre test and post test knowledge scores. There was significant association between post test knowledge scores on Management of diarrhea with age of mother(11.33), working status (5.91), education(8.32), family income per month (9.34), type of house (6.68) and human excreta disposal (9.18). where the obtained chi square values were significant at 0.05 level of significance. Conclusion: The study concluded that the planned teaching programme regarding management of diarrhea was effective in order to improve the knowledge of mothers of under-five children.

Teahing , learning ,practice, knowledge, effectiveness, children,mother

"“A STUDY TO ASSESS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF PLANNED TEACHING PROGRAMME ON KNOWLEDGE REGARDING MANAGEMENT OF DIARRHOEA AMONG MOTHERS OF UNDER-FIVE CHILDREN IN SELECTED HOSPITAL, HYDERABAD, TELANGANA”.", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 6, page no.c119-c126, June-2022, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2206213.pdf

"“A STUDY TO ASSESS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF PLANNED TEACHING PROGRAMME ON KNOWLEDGE REGARDING MANAGEMENT OF DIARRHOEA AMONG MOTHERS OF UNDER-FIVE CHILDREN IN SELECTED HOSPITAL, HYDERABAD, TELANGANA”.", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 6, page no. ppc119-c126, June-2022, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2206213.pdf