A Study to Assess the Effectiveness of Structured Teaching Programme on Knowledge Regarding Selected Child Welfare Programme in India among the Mothers

BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Children's Development is as important as the development of material resources and the best way to develop national human resources is to take care of children. The general standard of living, the level of education, and the financial resources of the country are among the factors that determine child welfare standards. India contributes to about 5.6 million child deaths every year, more than half the worlds total. Today child malnutrition is prevalent in 7 of children under the age of 5years in China and 28 in sub Saharan African compared to a prevalence of 43 in India. Under nutrition is found mostly in rural area and is concentrated in a relatively small number of districts and villages with 10 of villages and districts accounting for 27–28 of all underweight children. Keeping this in view the investigator conducted a study to assess the effectiveness of structured teaching programme regarding selected child welfare programme in India among the mothers of under five children in selected rural area at Lucknow. OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY. To determine the association between the pre test knowledge scores of mothers with selected demographic variables. Mrs Monika Bhushan | Ms Sony Verma "A Study to Assess the Effectiveness of Structured Teaching Programme on Knowledge Regarding Selected Child Welfare Programme in India among the Mothers" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-7 | Issue-5 , October 2023, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd60053.pdf Paper Url: https://www.ijtsrd.com/other-scientific-research-area/other/60053/a-study-to-assess-the-effectiveness-of-structured-teaching-programme-on-knowledge-regarding-selected-child-welfare-programme-in-india-among-the-mothers/mrs-monika-bhushan