A study to assess the effectiveness of structured teaching programme on knowledge regarding management of drowning among mothers of under five children in selected areas at Bangalore,Karnataka.
Author(s): P. Vijayalakshmi
Authors Affiliations:
1.p.vijayalakshmi Assistant professor,child health nursing department,Dr.B.r.Ambedkar college of nursing bangalore.
2.p.bakiyalakshmi Assistant professor,obstetrics and gynecology department, PR college of nursing bangalore.
DOIs:10.2017/IJRCS/202607002     |     Paper ID: IJRCS202607002Abstract: The modified conceptual frame work of Ludwig von bertalanffy ‘s general system theory (1968) Was used for present study. The research design adopted for this study is pre-experimental one group pretest-post test design.T he structured knowledge questionnaire on management of drowning was developed to collect data. A sample of 60 mothers of under-five childrens and non-probability purposive sample technique used. The study revealed that there was significant difference in the pretest and post test knowledge with t value = 15.11,the result depicted that there was a significant improvement of knowledge among mothers of under -five children after the administration of structured teaching program.
P. Vijayalakshmi, (2026); A Study to Assess the Effectiveness of Structured Teaching Programme on Knowledge Regarding Management of Drowning Among Mothers of Under Five Children in Selected Areas at Bangalore, Karnataka, International Journal of Research Culture Society, ISSN(O): 2456-6683, Volume – 10, Issue – 7, Available on – https://ijrcs.org/
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