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A STUDY TO ASSESS THE KNOWLEDGE AND PRACTICE REGARDING WORM INFESTATION AMONG THE MOTHERS OF SCHOOL GOING CHILDREN IN SELECTED COMMUNITY AREA, AT MERRUT
Authors Name:
Mrs. Nisha Yadav
, Mrs. Shaheen Akhtar Khan , Mr. Lucky Sharma , Miss Aakansha , Mr. Nishant Kumar
A STUDY TO ASSESS THE KNOWLEDGE AND PRACTICES REGARDING
WORM INFESTATION AMONG THE MOTHERS OF SCHOOL AGE
CHILDREN AT COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTRE, MEERUT
OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY:
1.To assess the knowledge and practice regarding worm infestation among the
mothers of school age children. 2.To correlate the knowledge and practices of worm infestation among the mothers of school age children.3. To find out the association between the mothers’ knowledge on worm infestation and demographic variables.4.To find out the association between the mothers’ practice on worm infestation and demographic variable.
METHODOLOGY: The research design adopted for the study was descriptive design and research
approach adopted for this study was non experimental approach. The sample size was 100 mothers of school age children. The mothers were selected in community area, Meerut. RESULTS: In this mean score was 12.45 , standard deviation was 4.157 and 39% of mothers had inadequate knowledge, 42% of mothers had moderately adequate knowledge, 19% of mothers had adequate knowledge regarding worm infestation.in this score was found on level of practice regarding worm infestation among the mothers of school age children, mean score
was 5.05 , standard deviation was 1.498 and 25% of mothers had poor practice, 44% of mothers had fair practice, 31% of mothers had good practice of worm infestation. In this study correlation was found in correlation of knowledge and practice of school age children regarding worm infestation knowledge mean score and standard deviation was 12.45 ±4.157, practice mean score and standard deviation was 5.05 ±1.498,
r=0.0241, p<0.0001. It shows that negative correlation between knowledge and practice of worm infestation among mothers of school age children. When knowledge increases their practice also decreases highly.
CONCLUSION
The present study assessed the knowledge and practices of mothers regarding worm infestation among school age children. The result revealed that majority 42% of the mothers moderately adequate knowledge regarding worm infestation and 44% of them had fair practices towards prevention of worm infestations. Demographic
variables have influence on the knowledge and practices of mother regarding worm infestation among the school age children. There is a negative relation between knowledge and practice.
Keywords:
Key words: Knowledge, practices; mothers; worm infestation; school age children; health education lesson plan practice regarding worm infestation among the school age children.
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"A STUDY TO ASSESS THE KNOWLEDGE AND PRACTICE REGARDING WORM INFESTATION AMONG THE MOTHERS OF SCHOOL GOING CHILDREN IN SELECTED COMMUNITY AREA, AT MERRUT", International Journal of Science & Engineering Development Research (www.ijrti.org), ISSN:2455-2631, Vol.7, Issue 9, page no.641 - 642, September-2022, Available :http://www.ijrti.org/papers/IJRTI2209082.pdf
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