Assessment of Knowledge on Prevention of Iodine Deficiency Disorders (IDD) in Children among Mothers of Under Five of Selected Rural Community, Bangalore

India is the second most popular country in the world with a population of 1027 million (2001 census). The magnitude of the problem in India is far greater than what had been estimated in 1960s, when it was estimated that about 9 million persons were affected by goitre. Currently, no less than 140 million people are estimated living in goitre endemic regions of country

The study objectives are To assess the knowledge on prevention of iodine deficiency disorders in children among Mothers of under five. And To associate knowledge on prevention of iodine deficiency disorders in children among Mothers of under five with their selected demographic variables. Research Approach was A quantitative research approach was selected to assess the knowledge on prevention of iodine deficiency disorders (IDDs) in children among Mothers of under five of selected rural community, Bangalore. Descriptive survey design was used

In this study demographic variables are age, gender, religion, on prevention, educational qualification and various source of information. Setting is a physical location in which data collection takes place in a study. the present study was conducted in rural community in Bangalore. Population is identified as the entire aggregation of cases that meet a designated set of criteria. The target population for the present study consists of all 60 Mothers of under five from rural community Bangalore. The sample for the present study was 60 Mothers of under five who fulfil inclusion criteria are considered as the samples. The Non Probability Convenience Sampling technique was used to assess the knowledge on prevention of iodine deficiency disorders in children among Mothers of under five of selected rural community, Bangalore.

In this study 80% of the sample had inadequate knowledge, 20% of them had moderate level of knowledge and none of them were found as adequate knowledge. In this study the overall knowledge found to be 37.8%. The results of Chi-square analysis indicated that there was significant association between knowledge scores with demographic variables such as educational status and. Hence research hypothesis (H2) was accepted, that there is significant association between the knowledge on prevention of iodine deficiency disorders among Mothers of under five with their selected demographic variables