“Knowledge of mothers regarding promotion of mental health among children at Sriram Nagar, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India”

The mental health promotion is the process of enhancing the capacity of individuals and communities to take control over their lives and improve their mental health. In modern society, competitiveness, stress and western life style has great influence on the individual levels of thinking and behavior. The objectives of the study are to assess the knowledge of mothers regarding promotion of mental health among children and to analyze the association between knowledge of mothers regarding promotion of mental health among children with selected demographic variables. By using non-experimental descriptive survey design and convenient sample technique 100 mothers are selected in Sriram Nagar, Hyderabad. The structured questionnaire was developed with a review of literature and it was validated by experts and reliability(r= 0.9697) was determined by test-retest method. The conceptual frame work adopted for the study was revised health promotion model by Nola J Pender in 1982. The major findings of the study showed that among 100 mothers, the highest mean knowledge scores found among mothers who have/are above 41 years(X=45.00, SD=0), Muslims (X=33.48, SD=6.56), above secondary education (X=34.66, SD=7.06), income of family is above Rs 9001/month(X=36.17, SD=4.70), single parent (mothers) (X=36.81, SD=6.49), above 3 children(X=33.69, SD=6.79). The association of knowledge and demographic variables showed that, income of the family, type of family are found significant at 5% level of significance. The study concluded that the education/awareness should be provided to the mothers regarding promotion of mental health.