Descriptive study to assess knowledge on child safety measures of domestic accidents among mothers of under five children in a selected villages of Chamarajanagar district

Background: Safety and security don’t just happen; they are the result of collective consensus and public investment. In many developing countries, injuries are one of the major causes of death in children in the age group of 1-5. The house is an existing place for infants and small children, who love to explore but aren’t aware of the potential dangers. Being a mother is one of the most important roles a woman can ever pl ay. Mothers play a huge role in their children’s lives, caring for them, loving them, teaching them, and so much more. Objectives: To assess the level of knowledge on child safety measures of domestic accidents among mothers of under five children and to associate the relationship between the level of knowledge and socio demographic variables of mothers of under five children. Methodology: A descriptive study was conducted. Convenient sampling technique was used and 50 under five mothers were selected for the study. Data was obtained by Structured Questionnaires consist of multiple choice Questions on child safety measures of domestic accidents. Results: Result of the study revealed that among 50 participants majority of the participants are in the age group of below 25 years that is 25(50.0%). The majority of the participants are completed the high school education that is 16(32.0%) and 15(30%) participants are completed High secondary education. The majority of the participants are House wife that is 43(86%). The majority of the participant’s religion is Hindu that is 48(96.0%0. The majority of the participants are belong to nuclear family that is 31(62.0%) and the majority of the participants family income is 5000-10000 thousand that is 26(52.0%). The majority of the participants are getting to know the information through the mass media that is 21(42.0%). Among them 10(20.0%) mothers having inadequate knowledge, 39(78.0%) mothers having moderate knowledge and only 1(2.0%) mother having adequate knowledge. Association of knowledge scores with demographic variables shows that Demographic variables such as Occupation and family income shows significance at the level of 0.005 knowledge score and age, education, religion, type of family and source of information are not significance at level of 0.005. Conclusion: Study shows that majority of the mothers having Moderate knowledge and most of the mother having inadequate knowledge on home safety measures of domestic accidents.