A STUDY TO ASSESS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF STRUCTURED TEACHING PROGRAMME ON KNOWLEDGE REGARDING IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA AMONG THE MOTHERS OF PRESCHOOL CHILDREN OF SELECTED HOSPITAL IN DISTRICT

Author Name: 1. Mr. Sagar Borkar 2. Mr. Shivkumar Khanpatte 3. Mr. Sahil Gangurde 4. Ms. Vaishnavi Sinalkar 5. Ms. Shweta Pawar 6. Mr. Sandesh Khandare 7. Ms. Sapna Jadhav 8. Ms. Rinku Dange 9. Ms. Anushka Bhongale

Volume/Issue: 06/07

Country: India

DOI NO.: 08.2020-25662434 DOI Link: https://doi-ds.org/doilink/12.2025-27477992/UIJIR

Affiliation:

1. Associate Professor, SMBT, Institute of Nursing, Nashik, India.
2. -9.  IV Year Students, SMBT, Institute of nursing, Nashik, India.

ABSTRACT

Background: Anemia is condition in which the number of red blood cells or the amount of hemoglobin is low. Hemoglobin carries O2 from lungs to the whole body so the low count of RBC’s leads to lack of oxygen supply to body and cause anemia. Iron is one of the most important element of the hemoglobin. If person have iron deficiency then it leads to Iron deficiency anemia. Objectives: To assess the pre test and post test level of knowledge regarding Iron deficiency anemia among the mothers of pre school children. To evaluate the effectiveness of the structured teaching program on knowledge regarding Iron deficiency anemia among the mothers of pre school children. To find out association between the pre test level of knowledge regarding Iron deficiency anemia among the mothers of pre school children’s with their selected demographic variables. Methodology: In this study, quantitative research approach was adopted with purposive sampling technique on 30 mothers of preschool children. Results: The mean difference was 8.5. The obtained paired t test value was 11.47 which is significant at p<0.05 level. Hence the stated H1 hypothesis was accepted. It was inferred that structured teaching programme is highly effective to increase the level of knowledge regarding iron deficiency among mothers of preschool children. Conclusion: The present study assessed the effectiveness of structured teaching programme on knowledge regarding iron deficiency anemia among the mothers of preschool children of selected hospital in district .

Key words: Assess, Effectiveness, Knowledge, Structured teaching program, Mothers, Iron deficiency anemia