A STUDY TO ASSESS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF STRUCTURED TEACHING PROGRAMME ON KNOWLEDGE & PRACTICES OF THE MOTHERS OF UNDER-FIVE CHILDREN REGARDING HOME REMEDIES USED FOR MANAGEMENT OF UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS IN SELECTED RURALAREA OF BARDOLI TEHSIL, SURAT, GUJARAT.

Abstract

Introduction: Acute respiratory tract infection contributes to one-fth of all under-ve deaths in developing countries which is around 12 million every year. According to WHO about 20% of deaths among children due to acute respiratory Infections could be reduced by seeking prompt and appropriate care. Material and Methods: A Pre-experimental, one group pre-test post-test design with a quantitative research approach was utilized to test the proposed hypotheses. 60 mothers of under-ve children were selected by nonprobability convenience sampling technique. Data was collected by structured knowledge questionnaire and Inventory checklist to assess the knowledge & Practices of mothers of under-ve children regarding home remedies used for management of upper respiratory tract infections. The data were analyzed and hypotheses were tested using descriptive and inferential statistics. Result: In pre-test, 75 percent of the mothers of under-ve children had good knowledge score, 23 percent of them had very good knowledge score, and 2 percent of them had excellent knowledge score. And 43 percent of them had good and very good practice score, 14 percent of them had excellent practice score. In post-test, 52 percent of the mothers of under-ve children had very good knowledge score, 48 percent of them had excellent knowledge score. And 58 percent of them had very good practice score, 42 percent of them had excellent practice score. Conclusion:Structured teaching programme was an effective method of teaching the mothers of under-ve children regarding uses of home remedies for management of URTIs.