• Mrs. Hemalatha .T
• Mrs. Divya.D

Vitamin A is crucial for children’s good health and development. Vitamin A plays an important role in vision, bone growth and protects the body from infections. Vitamin A also promotes the health and growth of cells and tissues in the body particularly those in the Hair, Nails and Skin. Vitamin A deficiency is the leading cause of preventable childhood blindness and increase the risk of infections. Hence the aim of the study is to assess and improve the knowledge of primary school children regarding prevention of vitamin A deficiency. A pre- experimental study was conducted on 60 primary school children in Holy Faith Public school at Bangalore. A purposive sampling technique was used to select the sample. Structured knowledge questionnaire was used to collect the data. Calculated paired ‘t’ test value 22.04 was found to be statistically highly significant at 0.05 level. The study concluded that the planned teaching programme was effective.

PREVENTION OF VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY AMONG PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN

"“EFFECTIVENESS OF PLANNED TEACHING PROGRAMME ON KNOWLEDGE REGARDING PREVENTION OF VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY AMONG PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN IN A SELECTED SCHOOL, BANGALORE”", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 6, page no.c601-c605, June-2022, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2206274.pdf

"“EFFECTIVENESS OF PLANNED TEACHING PROGRAMME ON KNOWLEDGE REGARDING PREVENTION OF VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY AMONG PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN IN A SELECTED SCHOOL, BANGALORE”", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 6, page no. ppc601-c605, June-2022, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2206274.pdf