Vidhubala Priskillal, M (2019) A Study to Assess the Effectiveness of Structured Teaching Programme on Knowledge regarding Food Borne Diseases and Food Hygiene among the Mothers of Under Five Children in Selected Rural Area. Masters thesis, College of Nursing, Madras Medical College, Chennai.
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Abstract
Food borne diseases encompass a wide spectrum of illness and remains one of the growing public health problem in developing and developed countries, causing a rise in social and economic burden globally. Children are disproportionately affected by food borne illnesses. Approximately half of the reported food borne illnesses occur in children, with the majority of these cases occurring in children under 5 years of age. These diseases can lead to short and long term health consequences and sometimes can result in death. Food handlers have been found to play a prominent role in the transmission of food borne diseases because of their poor knowledge of safe food handling. Food hygiene encompasses all conditions and measures necessary to ensure safety and suitability of food at all stages of the chain of food production. At household levels, women from the majority of group to handle the kitchen and they are the primary care givers of under five children in our society. Adopting basic hygienic measures while preparing food is vital to minimize food borne infections and outbreaks in the community. TITLE: A study to assess the effectiveness of structured teaching programme on knowledge regarding food borne diseases and food hygiene among the mothers of under five children in selected rural area. OBJECTIVES: 1. To assess the pre -test level of knowledge of mothers of under five children regarding food borne diseases and food hygiene. 2. To evaluate the effectiveness of structured teaching programme on knowledge regarding food borne diseases and food hygiene among the mothers of under five children. 3. To compare the pre-test and post-test knowledge scores of mothers. 4. To find out the association between the post-test knowledge scores regarding food borne diseases and food hygiene with selected demographic variables. METHODOLOGY: This study was conducted at Kalaignar Nagar, Medavakkam rural area, Kanchipuram district, Tamil Nadu with 60 samples in quantitative research approach, pre-experimental one group pre-test post-test design was adopted. Prior conducting the study, necessary permission was obtained from Institutional Ethics Committee. Sample selection was done by convenient sampling technique. Mothers of under five children were informed about the study details and informed consent was obtained from each participants. Mothers not willing to participate were excluded from the study. The study period was from February 2019 to March 2019. Pre-existing knowledge was assessed by using structured questionnaires prepared by the investigator and validated by the medical and nursing experts. Questionnaire was prepared by adopting the five key principle on food hygiene by WHO. Components of hygienic measures like food handling and hand washing were covered in this questionnaire. After the pre-test, structured teaching programme was given regarding food borne diseases and food hygiene among the mothers of under five children using flash cards. After 7 days post –test was conducted by using the same tool. Data was entered in MS Excel and analyzed using statistical software SPSS Version 17.0. RESULTS: The result of the present study shows that, after structured teaching programme, out of 60 study participants, none of the mothers are having inadequate level of knowledge score, 26.7% of the mothers are having moderate knowledge score and 73.3% of the mothers are having adequate level of knowledge score. On an average, in post-test after structured teaching programme, the mothers of under five children have gained 34.50% knowledge score than pre-test score. The result interestingly revealed that there is a statistically significant association found between demographic variables such as age, mother’s education, monthly family income, number of under five children, with knowledge of mothers at the p<0.05 level of significance. CONCLUSION: Food hygiene is a key component to reduce the burden of childhood morbidity and mortality due to food borne diseases. But knowledge on food borne diseases and food hygiene is low among the mothers of under five children. The present study shows that there is an effectiveness of structured teaching programme on food borne diseases and food hygiene and also highlights the need to spread importance of proper and regular food hygienic measures through health education programmes and general awareness campaigns that intend not only to enhance knowledge but also promote mothers to practice food hygienic measures strictly and further strengthen their awareness level. Safe food handling leads to healthy food and diseases free life which in turn will have a significant impact on the society, to minimize food borne illnesses and outbreaks in the community.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Masters) |
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| Additional Information: | 301726157 |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Effectiveness, Structured Teaching Programme, Knowledge, Food Borne Diseases, Food Hygiene, Mothers, Under Five Children, Selected Rural Area. |
| Subjects: | NURSING > Community Health Nursing |
| Depositing User: | Subramani R |
| Date Deposited: | 02 Jan 2022 06:46 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Jan 2022 06:46 |
| URI: | http://repository-tnmgrmu.ac.in/id/eprint/18920 |
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