ASSESS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF STRUCTURED TEACHING PROGRAMME ON KNOWLEDGE REGARDING PREVENTION OF WORM INFESTATION AMONG MOTHERS OF UNDER FIVE CHILDREN IN ANKURA CHILDREN HOSPITAL HYDERABAD, TELANGANA

Abstract

Worm Infestation Means the Presence of Worms in Your Child’s Body, Specifically in His or Her Intestines. Child Can Get Infested By Worms Through Drinking Or Eating Of Contaminated Food Or Water Containing Worm Eggs, Walking Barefoot In Contaminated Soil, Licking A Toy Lying On The Floor Or Crawling On The Floor. These Worms Hatch In. The Body and Multiply In Numbers. Knowing That The Child Has Been Infested By Worms Can Seem Very Disturbing, But It Is A Very Common Problem With Many Kids Around The Globe. Mothers are the most powerful influence for good on the earth today. Within your hands lies the very future of the world. The study was done to assess the effectiveness of structured teaching Programme on knowledge regarding prevention of worm infestation among mothers of under five children in Ankara children Hospital Hyderabad, Telangana. Materials and methods: The research design adopted for the study was one group pre-test post –test design which belongs to pre experimental design. A total of 60 mothers of under five children were selected by using convenient sampling technique. A structured teaching questionnaire was used for the data collection which consists of two sections. Part A consists of 10 demographic variables of the sample and part B consists of 30 items on knowledge and prevention of worm infestation on mothers of under five children.