1 Assistant Professor, Department of Community Health Nursing, Manipal College of Nursing, Manipal University, Mangalore
2Assistant Professor, Department of Medical Surgical Nursing, Manipal College of Nursing, Manipal University, Mangalore
3B. Sc (N) Students, Manipal College of Nursing, Manipal University, Mangalore
The descriptive correlational study was done to identify the knowledge and practice of mothers of under-five children regarding worm infestation with the view to develop a health education pamphlet in rural community in Dakshina Kannada district. The main objective of this study was to determine the knowledge and practice of mothers of under-five children regarding worm infestation and to find the correlation between the knowledge and practice scores of mothers of under-five children. A total of 200 mothers of under-five children were participated in the study. Results: the result showed that 38.0% of mothers of under-five children had fair knowledge and 34.5% of mothers had poor knowledge regarding worm infestation; 92.5% of mothers of under-five children had satisfactory practice. And also the study results showed that, there is a significant relationship (p<0.05) between the knowledge and practice scores. Thus, the findings of the study can be interpreted as that, even though, majority of the mothers of under-five children are having satisfactory practice to prevent worm infestation, but they are still lack of having adequate knowledge on worm infestation.
Knowledge, practice, mother, children, pamphlet
