EFFECTIVENESS OF PLANNED TEACHING PROGRAMME (PTP) FOR MOTHERS, REGARDING HOME-BASED CHILD-SURVIVAL INTERVENTIONS ON UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS (URTI) IN SELECTED COMMUNITIES AT MANGALORE

Mini George*

ABSTRACT

The present study was conducted among mothers of under five children regarding effectiveness of planned teaching programme regarding home-based child-survival interventions on upper respiratory tract infections. The objective of the study was to assess the knowledge level of mothers on home-based child-survival interventions regarding upper respiratory tract infections by a structured interview schedule and find the association between pre-test knowledge scores of mothers and selected baseline variables. Descriptive study design was used for the study. The samples comprised of 50 mothers in the age group of 20-40years, who have children between 3-5 years, attending the Anganwadi of Mullerkad, Mangalore. Non-probability purposive sampling technique was used to select the sample by hand-picking the sample members. Their socio-demographic data and data about knowledge were collected. Descriptive and inferential statistics was used to analyse the data. In this present study, majority (88%) of the children was immunized for date and only 12% were partially immunized. In post-test, poor knowledge was found in maximum samples (60%) and (34%) with average knowledge in the pre-test. However in the post-test the knowledge is good in 54%, excellent in 42%, and only 4% of them showed average knowledge and none of them showed poor score. On comparing the pre-test with post-test scores, it was found that all of the mothers scored higher in the post-test than the pre-test. The result shows that there was no significant association between pre-test knowledge and the selected variables of mothers.

Keywords: Planned teaching programme, child-survival interventions, upper respiratory tract infections.