Volume : 7, Issue : 2, February - 2018

Study to assess the effectiveness of planned teaching on knowledge regarding ‘vitamin A‘ deficiency in children between 3-5yrs of age among anganwadi workers.

Payal R. Burbure, Deeplata Mendhe

Abstract :

<p>&nbsp;</p> <p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;&#10;line-height:150%"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;&#10;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-IN;&#10;mso-fareast-language:EN-IN">School age is the active growing phase of childhood.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>Pre </span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;&#10;color:black;mso-themecolor:text1;mso-ansi-language:EN-IN;mso-fareast-language:&#10;EN-IN">school</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;&#10;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-IN;&#10;mso-fareast-language:EN-IN"> age is a dynamic period of growth as well as development and nutritional deficiency may lead to hamper it, </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><u><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:10.0pt;&#10;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:&#10;Calii;mso-ansi-language:EN-IN">Objectives:</span></u></b><u><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;&#10;mso-fareast-font-family:Calii;mso-ansi-language:EN-IN"> </span></u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">To assess the existing knowledge regarding vitamin A deficiency in children between 3-5 yrs of age group. To assess the effectiveness of planned teaching on knowledge regarding vitamin A deficiency in children between 3-5 yrs of age among anganwadi workers. To associate the post-test knowledge score with selected demographic variables. </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><u><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;&#10;mso-fareast-font-family:Calii;mso-ansi-language:EN-IN">Methods and Materials</span></u></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:10.0pt;&#10;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:&#10;Calii;mso-ansi-language:EN-IN">: </span></b><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;&#10;mso-fareast-font-family:Calii;mso-ansi-language:EN-IN">The study was a one group pre-test post-test research design. Population for the study was anganwadi workers in selected area. <span style="color:black;mso-themecolor:&#10;text1">The sample size was 60 which fulfils inclusion criteria.</span></span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;&#10;color:black;mso-themecolor:text1"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><u><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;&#10;mso-fareast-font-family:Calii;mso-ansi-language:EN-IN">Results:</span></u></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;"> the mean pre test knowledge score was 10.39 &plusmn; 2.428<span style="color:black;&#10;mso-themecolor:text1"> where as post test score was </span>18.91 &plusmn; 1.897. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><u>Discussion</u>: </b>there was increased<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>knowledge level of anganwadi workers in post test so my teaching was effective. Same finding revealed by the study done by Mr. Kuldeep Singh, Karnataka. And result shows that in pre test, mean score was 13.81&plusmn;3.342 whereas<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>post test score was 21.74&plusmn;2.674. Study concluded that structure teaching program is effective tools to improve the knowledge of mothers of under five children.<o:p></o:p></span></p>